- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Bonds
- Address
- 702 King Farm Boulevard Rockville MD United States of America 20850
- IPO Date
- Nov 30, 2011
- Business
- Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund Class A (GIBAX) is an open-end mutual fund managed by Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC that seeks total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The fund primarily invests at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of debt securities of varying maturities and credit qualities, including investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency and non-agency residential), U.S. government and agency securities, structured credit products, preferred securities, and convertible securities; it may also allocate to non-U.S. bonds from developed and emerging markets. Benchmarking against the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, the fund accrues distributions daily and pays them monthly, targeting institutional, retail, and high-net-worth investors primarily in the United States.
Launched on November 30, 2011, with headquarters at 330 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, the fund operates as part of Guggenheim Investments, the asset management division of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which oversees more than $350 billion in assets and maintains a global presence through affiliates in Europe and Japan. The investment team, led by Chief Investment Officer Anne Walsh and Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income Steven Brown, alongside Portfolio Managers Adam Bloch (since April 2016) and Evan Serdensky (since January 2023), employs intensive credit research, quantitative models, and sector allocation strategies to manage moderate interest-rate sensitivity and credit risk.
In recent developments, Guggenheim Investments completed the sale of its actively managed equity funds business to New Age Alpha in October 2024, allowing sharper focus on fixed income strategies like GIBAX amid $357 billion in total assets under management and supervision as of September 30, 2025. The firm expanded its wealth channel salesforce and product offerings in August 2025, introducing separately managed accounts with reduced minimums in core-plus and related fixed income strategies, filing for a non-traded business development company to access private credit, and planning active fixed income ETFs, while highlighting GIBAX's institutional class performance in the top quartile since inception. These moves coincide with a contractual fee waiver extending through February 1, 2026, limiting the fund's net expense ratio to 0.84% (adjusted 0.76%), and sustained Morningstar 4-star ratings for the A Class across multiple periods as of September 30, 2025.