T. Rowe Price fixed income strategies delivered higher average annualised returns than their benchmarks over time. And they showed better results in the vast majority of rolling monthly periods over a 20-year span.
This fixed income performance was the result of our rigorous global research and a collaborative process that drove better decision making and thoughtful risk management.
Put simply, our fixed income strategies delivered more return, more often.
That's the T. Rowe Price difference.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
Ten-year periods, rolling monthly, over the last 20 years ended 12/31/23.
Analysis by T. Rowe Price. Represents a comparison of all marketable institutional fixed income composites compared to the official composite primary benchmark assigned to each. Excludes money market, and index/passive composites. In order to avoid double-counting in the analysis, specialized composites viewed as substantially similar to strategies already included (e.g. constrained strategies, ex-single country excluded strategies, etc.) are also excluded. Composite net returns are calculated using the highest applicable separate account fee schedule for institutional clients. All figures in USD. The performance of each T. Rowe Price composite was compared against its official composite primary benchmark using 10-year rolling monthly periods from 1/1/04 to 31/12/23.
Analysis aggregates and averages the performance history of 28 fixed income composites covering 2,555 periods.
Risks: For fund specific risks please refer to the prospectus
General Fund Risks
Capital risk - the value of your investment will vary and is not guaranteed. It will be affected by changes in the exchange rate between the base currency of the fund and the currency in which you subscribed, if different. Counterparty risk - an entity with which the portfolio transacts may not meet its obligations to the fund. ESG and Sustainability risk - may result in a material negative impact on the value of investment and performance of the fund. Geographic concentration risk - to the extent that a fund invests a large portion of its assets in a particular geographic area, its performance will be more strongly affected by events within that area. Hedging risk - a fund's attempts to reduce or eliminate certain risks through hedging may not work as intended. Investment fund risk - investing in funds involves certain risks an investor would not face if investing in markets directly. Management risk - the investment manager or its designees may at times find their obligations to a fund to be in conflict with their obligations to other investment funds they manage (although in such cases, all funds will be dealt with equitably). Operational risk - operational failures could lead to disruptions of fund operations or financial losses.
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Fixed income investments are investments that generally deliver regular, predetermined interest or dividend payments to investors until their maturity date. At maturity, investors are repaid the principal amount they had invested, absent insolvency or financial reorganization of the issuer.
*Diversification cannot assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.
In broad terms, the most common types of bonds, that are issued by various governments and corporations. Bonds are rated by credit agencies based on the level of risk they’re exposed to. Bonds with higher credit ratings, which are at a lower risk of default but generally offer lower yields to investors, are referred to as investment grade. Contrastingly, bonds with lower credit ratings, which expose investors to a higher level of credit risk but offer higher yields in return, are referred to as high yield.
We combine original ideas and disciplined decisions in our fixed income approach. Our investment process is designed to help identify and select the best opportunities from the full range of fixed income securities seeking to deliver appropriate returns and level of risk in each portfolio. Fixed income portfolio managers are able to draw on the best ideas from our own internal proprietary credit research, based on each strategy’s objectives and intended outcome. Our people think independently and act collaboratively to develop and enhance ideas for different fixed income portfolios and objectives.
We are an active, global fixed income management firm that is relentlessly pursuing investment excellence through:
We are global fixed income investors with strategies focused on Europe, Asia Pacific, the United States, and emerging markets, as well as global strategies. We invest in sovereign bonds, investment-grade credit, high yield and bank loans, emerging markets, securitized debt, municipals, and cash. We also offer customized solutions.
Lead portfolio managers set sector allocation, risk budget, currency, country/duration, and yield curve exposures. They are fully accountable for security selection working with sector teams and for the strategy’s performance. Sector portfolio managers work with the lead portfolio manager to incorporate the top-down view and contribute high-conviction security selection and execution in coordination with their respective credit research and trading teams. Each sector portfolio manager is supported by a dedicated team of research analysts and traders. Leveraging the global research teams, our experienced portfolio managers work together to strive to construct an optimal fixed income portfolio. Our experienced professionals cover all time zones and are immersed in local markets to identify and explore investment opportunities for our clients.
Our rigorous research platform includes dynamic perspectives and differentiated insights from firmwide collaboration across asset classes, sectors, and regions including directors of research, credit analysts, economists, quantitative portfolio managers, and quantitative analysts.
We offer a diversified range of strategies supported by broad sector expertise that can help you with the following objectives:
*Fixed-income securities are subject to credit risk, liquidity risk, call risk, and interest-rate risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall. All investments are subject to market risk, including the possible loss of principal.
We have a process we call Policy Week. Policy Week is a set of monthly meetings designed to promote collaboration, challenge assumptions, and improve decisions. Top-down discussions of Policy Week complement our fundamental credit research process. Conviction scores, quantitative tools, and market forecasts facilitate the Policy Week process. The meeting typically covers global economics, global interest rate and currency strategy, global sector strategy, and global forecasting.
We integrate risk management through:
No individual or team has a monopoly on good ideas. We actively nurture a culture of intellectual curiosity and empowerment. Our teams are incentivized to share insights, challenge consensus, and bring their own perspectives. We test our investment ideas across different specialist teams—the best way to gauge their risk and reward potential. This allows our fixed income analysts to build a 360-degree view of every potential investment, which we believe leads to more context for well-rounded decisions and better outcomes.
Our dedicated Responsible Investing (RI) team assesses the environmental and social profiles of individual fixed income securities and portfolios. The team applies the Responsible Investing Indicator Model (RIIM), our proprietary tool for screening environmental, social, and ethics factors. The RIIM flags any elevated RI risks with an investment and can serve to identify investments with positive RI characteristics and manage RI factor exposures at the portfolio level. The RIIM processes data from T. Rowe Price systems, company reports, nongovernmental organizations, and select third-party vendors to assess the responsible investing profiles of more than 14,000 corporate and sovereign entities, globally1.
1ESG considerations form a part of our overall research process, helping us alongside other factors to identify investment opportunities and manage investment risk. However, we may conclude that other attributes of an investment outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. For certain types of investments including, but not limited to, cash, currencypositions and particular types of derivatives, an ESG analysis may not be relevant or possible due to a lack of data.
Credit risk is the chance that any of the portfolio's holdings will have their credit ratings downgraded or will default (fail to make scheduled interest or principal payments), potentially reducing the portfolio's income level and share price.
Risks
Fixed Income: Fixed-income securities are subject to credit risk, liquidity risk, call risk, and interest-rate risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall.
Inflation risk: high or sustained inflation levels will erode the purchasing power of distributions and the value of an investment.
Interest rate risk: the decline in bond prices that accompanies a rise in the overall level of interest rates.
Reinvestment risk: in a declining interest rate scenario, investors will reinvest distributions at a lower interest rate.
*All data as of 31/12/2024 unless otherwise stated.
¹The total fixed income assets managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and its investment advisory affiliates. Total fixed income assets include all fixed income separate accounts and funds along with a portion of certain T. Rowe Price U.S.-registered multi-asset funds in U.S dollars (USD) as of 31/12/2024.
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The Funds are sub-funds of the T. Rowe Price Funds SICAV, a Luxembourg investment company with variable capital which is registered with Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier and which qualifies as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”). Full details of the objectives, investment policies and risks are located in the prospectus which is available with the key investor information documents (KIID) and/or key information document (KID) in English and in an official language of the jurisdictions in which the Funds are registered for public sale, together with the articles of incorporation and the annual and semi-annual reports (together “Fund Documents”). Any decision to invest should be made on the basis of the Fund Documents which are available free of charge from the local representative, local information/paying agent or from authorised distributors. They can also be found along with a summary of investor rights in English at www.troweprice.com . The Management Company reserves the right to terminate marketing arrangements.
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