- CEO
- Joshua Brumm
- Full Time Employees
- 186
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- One Hartford Plaza Hartford CT United States of America 6155
- IPO Date
- Sep 24, 2025
- Business
- Hartford Dynamic Bond ETF (NASDAQ: DYNB) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks long-term total return through a flexible multisector bond strategy; it dynamically allocates across U.S. Treasuries, investment-grade credit, high-yield credit, emerging market debt denominated in USD, securitized debt, preferred securities, and developed government bonds, with the flexibility to adjust credit quality, duration, and sector positioning based on market conditions. Sub-advised by Wellington Management Company LLP, which manages over $541 billion in fixed-income assets as of March 31, 2025, the ETF is led by portfolio managers Connor Fitzgerald, CFA, and Schuyler S. Reece, CFA, both with nearly two decades of experience and prior oversight of the Hartford Dynamic Bond Fund (HDB), a top-selling mutual fund that received a Morningstar Bronze Medalist Rating in October 2024. Launched on September 23, 2025, by Hartford Funds, a leading asset manager headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania and part of The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc., DYNB benchmarks against the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and features a net expense ratio of 0.60% (through November 30, 2026), monthly distributions, an effective duration of 4.88 years, and a portfolio of approximately 118 holdings with heavy exposure to Aa/AA-rated securities (63%).
In a major strategic expansion of its active fixed-income offerings, Hartford Funds launched DYNB on September 24, 2025, to meet demand for adaptable bond strategies amid market volatility; this ETF mirrors the approach of the successful Hartford Dynamic Bond Fund while leveraging Wellington Management's global resources, including over 260 fixed-income specialists. The fund commenced trading on NASDAQ with an initial net asset value around $40 million and shares outstanding of 1,000,001 as of late September 2025, marking Hartford Funds' push into systematic ETFs alongside its traditional actively managed equity, fixed income, and multi-asset solutions. No further acquisitions, funding rounds, or reorganizations have been reported since inception, positioning DYNB to target retail and institutional investors seeking nimble total-return opportunities in a broad U.S. and international fixed-income universe.