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Thornburg Ultra Short Income Strategy

Strategy Overview
The Ultra Short Income Strategy employs a flexible and highly active approach to invest in a broad range of primarily investment grade, ultra-short maturity fixed income and money market securities. The strategy seeks to reduce price fluctuations compared to longer duration portfolios by maintaining an average duration of normally no more than one half (0.5) of a year while providing current income consistent with the preservation of capital
Strategy Inception Date
1 Oct 2020

Portfolio Managers

Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Head of Fixed Income, Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Overview

Overview

Why Invest in This Strategy?

  • Actively managed short-term portfolio of high-quality taxable bonds with low interest-rate exposure.
  • Proven bottom-up fundamental approach that invests in a broad range of investment grade ultra-short fixed income and money market securities with a target duration of half a year (0.5).
  • Short-term strategy that seeks to provide income low interest-rate exposure with high-quality fixed income while minimizing volatility.
Performance

Performance

Returns

(As of 30 Jun 2026)
YTD
1y
3y
5y
Inception
Thornburg Ultra Short Income Strategy - Gross (%)
1.81
4.30
5.46
3.95
3.58
Thornburg Ultra Short Income Strategy - Net (%)
1.68
4.05
5.19
3.69
3.32
ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill Index (%)
1.77
3.96
4.72
3.55
3.09
YTD
1y
3y
5y
Inception
Thornburg Ultra Short Income Strategy - Gross (%)
2.14
4.20
5.38
4.01
3.58
Thornburg Ultra Short Income Strategy - Net (%)
1.99
3.95
5.12
3.75
3.32
ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill Index (%)
2.12
3.95
4.70
3.62
3.11
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Thornburg Ultra Short Income Strategy - Gross (%)
0.62
0.52
6.10
6.11
5.14
Thornburg Ultra Short Income Strategy - Net (%)
0.37
0.27
5.83
5.84
4.87
ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill Index (%)
0.05
1.34
5.09
5.30
4.30
Strategy Facts

Strategy Facts

(As of 31 Jul 2026)
Strategy Assets
$247.4 M
Benchmark
ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill Index
Characteristics

Characteristics

Portfolio

(As of 31 Jul 2026)
Portfolio
Benchmark
Number of Holdings
302
Effective Duration
0.6 Yrs
0.2 Yrs
Portfolio
Benchmark
Average Effective Maturity
0.6 Yrs
0.3 Yrs
Weighted Average Coupon
4.4%
Portfolio

Portfolio

Top Holdings

(As of 30 Jun 2026)
Name
Ticker/Symbol
Weight %
United States Treasury Note/Bond
91282CCE9
3.3
United States Treasury Note/Bond
91282CFB2
1.2
CDW, LLC/ CDW Finance Corp.
12513GBG3
1.0
United States Treasury Note/Bond
91282CMF5
1.0
Energy Transfer L.P.
86765BAT6
1.0
Alcon Finance Corp.
01400EAA1
1.0
OneMain Direct Auto Receivables Trust 2023-1
682685AA0
0.9
OCCU Auto Receivables Trust 2022-1
67115YAD8
0.9
KeySpan Gas East Corp.
49338CAB9
0.9
Intuit, Inc.
46124HAE6
0.8
Exposure Breakdown

Exposure Breakdown

(As of 31 Jul 2026)
Sector Allocation
Portfolio (%)
Benchmark (%)

Portfolio

Benchmark

0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Asset Backed Securities
44.2
Corporate Bond
30.3
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
11.6
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
7.6
Treasury Domestic
5.9
100.0
Commercial Mortgage Backed Security
0.4
Mortgage Passthrough
0.0
Sector Allocation
Portfolio (%)
Asset Backed Securities
44.2
Corporate Bond
30.3
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
11.6
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
7.6
Treasury Domestic
5.9
Commercial Mortgage Backed Security
0.4
Mortgage Passthrough
0.0
Credit Quality
Portfolio (%)
Benchmark (%)

Portfolio

Benchmark

0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
U.S. Government
6.2
100.0
AAA
34.4
AA
7.0
A
12.5
BBB
21.7
BB
3.4
D
0.8
Not Rated
2.3
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
11.6
Credit Quality
Portfolio (%)
U.S. Government
6.2
AAA
34.4
AA
7.0
A
12.5
BBB
21.7
BB
3.4
D
0.8
Not Rated
2.3
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
11.6
Maturity
Portfolio (%)
Benchmark (%)

Portfolio

Benchmark

0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Year 1
69.4
100.0
Year 2
16.2
Year 3
2.1
Year 4
0.3
Year 5+
0.4
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
11.6
Maturity
Portfolio (%)
Year 1
69.4
Year 2
16.2
Year 3
2.1
Year 4
0.3
Year 5+
0.4
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
11.6
Portfolio Managers

Portfolio Managers

Lon Erickson, CFA

Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Lon Erickson is a portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined Thornburg in 2008 and was named a managing director and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2010. Prior to joining Thornburg Investment Management, Lon spent almost 11 years as an analyst for State Farm Insurance in the equity and corporate bond departments. Lon earned a bachelor’s degree in…
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Christian Hoffmann, CFA

Head of Fixed Income, Portfolio Manager 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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