Thornburg High Yield Strategy
BENCHMARK: Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index
Strategy Overview
The High Yield Strategy is built around a highly active and flexible approach, seeking to provide an attractive risk-adjusted return and outperform the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index over a full market cycle with lower volatility. The strategy invests primarily in high yield corporate bonds but broadens the investment opportunity set to capture additional high yielding opportunities with superior relative value attributes.
Strategy Inception Date
1 Apr 2019
Portfolio Managers
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Head of Fixed Income and Managing Director
Overview
Performance
Performance
Returns
(As of 31 Dec 2025)2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Thornburg High Yield Strategy - Gross (%)
8.70
5.17
-4.77
11.55
7.07
9.27
Thornburg High Yield Strategy - Net (%)
8.22
4.70
-5.20
11.05
6.59
8.78
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index (%)
7.11
5.28
-11.19
13.44
8.01
8.62
Strategy Facts
Strategy Facts
(As of 31 Dec 2025)Strategy Assets
$8.0 M
Benchmark
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index
eVestment Category
US High Yield Fixed Income
Characteristics
Characteristics
Portfolio
(As of 31 Dec 2025)Portfolio
Benchmark
Number of Holdings
128
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Effective Duration
1.6 Yrs
2.7 Yrs
Portfolio
Benchmark
Average Effective Maturity
2.3 Yrs
3.4 Yrs
Weighted Average Coupon
5.1%
6.6%
Portfolio
Portfolio
Top Holdings
(As of 30 Nov 2025)Name
Ticker/Symbol
Weight %
NuStar Logistics L.P.
67059TAF2
3.1
Boost Newco Borrower, LLC/GTCR W Dutch Finance Sub BV
36268NAB6
1.8
Under Armour, Inc.
904311AA5
1.6
Silgan Holdings, Inc.
827048AX7
1.5
Flutter Treasury DAC
YO7616643
1.5
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
88033GDU1
1.4
Hologic, Inc.
436440AM3
1.4
Sirius XM Radio, LLC
82967NBA5
1.3
Lamar Media Corp.
513075BR1
1.3
NOVA Chemicals Corp.
66977WAR0
1.2
Exposure Breakdown
Exposure Breakdown
(As of 31 Dec 2025)Sector Allocation
Portfolio (%)
Corporate Bond
77.3
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
12.8
Loan Participation
4.4
Preferred Stock
1.9
Commercial Mortgage Backed Security
1.6
Asset Backed Securities
1.0
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
0.9
Currency Forward
0.0
Credit Quality
Portfolio (%)
AAA
0.5
AA
0.9
A
0.4
BBB
14.8
BB
53.9
B
13.8
CCC
0.1
D
0.3
Not Rated
2.4
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
12.9
Maturity
Portfolio (%)
Year 1
31.1
Year 2
7.8
Year 3
13.5
Year 4
13.3
Year 5
5.1
Year 6
7.5
Year 7
3.6
Year 8
1.8
Year 9
0.6
Year 10+
2.8
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
12.9
Portfolio Managers
Portfolio Managers
Ali Hassan, CFA, FRM
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Ali Hassan is a portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined the firm in 2013 as a fixed income analyst, became senior fixed income analyst in 2017 and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2021. Ali graduated from Stanford University with a BA in economics and a BS in mathematical & computational science. Prior to his joining Thornburg, Ali…
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Christian Hoffmann, CFA
Head of Fixed Income and Managing Director
Christian Hoffmann is head of fixed income and a portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined the firm in 2012 as a fixed income analyst and was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2014. Christian was named a managing director in 2017, was promoted to portfolio manager in 2018, and to head of fixed income in 2024. Prior to…
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