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The PH&N North American High Yield Fixed Income strategy seeks to provide a high level of income and the opportunity for capital appreciation by investing primarily in a well-diversified portfolio of fixed income securities issued by Canadian and/or foreign corporations. The strategy is centered on a strong quality bias, as well as a preference for larger holdings in large-cap Canadian issuers the team knows well. The strategy aims to achieve an average credit rating of BB while limiting exposure to the lower quality segment of the high yield market.

Strategy overview

  • A specialized, actively managed portfolio that aims to provide a high current income stream while attempting to limit downside risk.
  • Invests primarily in medium quality (B-minimum) Canadian and/or foreign corporate bonds, convertible bonds, and preferred shares and government securities, traded in primarily Canadian and U.S. dollars.
  • Average term to maturity of the strategy will range between 3 to 10 years.
  • The strategy will endeavor to hedge all foreign currency exposure back to Canadian dollars, unless there is a compelling foreign-exchange return opportunity.

Our approach

Investment philosophy and style

  • The strategy aims to provide a high level of income and opportunity for capital appreciation by investing in a well-diversified portfolio of high yield fixed income securities issued by Canadian and/or foreign corporations and governments.
  • Emphasis on strong quality bias as well as preference for larger holdings in large-cap Canadian issuers.
  • The team’s fundamental credit and industry analysis process emphasizes higher quality securities, diversification, internal credit analysis, cash flows, and employing an active approach.

Investment process

  • The team’s multi-stage investment process starts with a bottom-up approach to search for issuers with attractive valuation characteristics and strong fundamentals. This is followed by a top-down risk management measure to ensure the overall portfolio is reasonably balanced in terms of industry, cyclicality, ratings, and market capitalization. The portfolio is then fine-tuned to optimize yield characteristics and curve/duration preferences.

Portfolio construction

  • Asset mix targets an allocation of 75% to 100% of the portfolio in fixed income securities and preferred shares and 0% to 25% in cash and short-term investments.
  • Average term to maturity between 3 and 10 years.

Additional information

Inception
July 1998
Primary benchmark
FTSE Canada Universe Bond Index
Vehicle
Canadian Investment Fund

Investment team

RBC Alternative Investments team

Objective is to find compelling investment opportunities while controlling for risk to meet the objectives of its various mandates

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