- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Income
- Address
- Canada
- IPO Date
- Oct 22, 2018
- Business
- IA Clarington Loomis Global Multisector Bond Fund (ILGB.TO) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide income with the potential for long-term capital growth by primarily investing, either directly or indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of global fixed-income securities, including U.S. investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, foreign government bonds, mortgage-backed securities, senior loans, convertible bonds and emerging market debt; it employs a value-driven, opportunistic credit approach focused on security-specific risk across various sectors and capital structures, supported by Loomis Sayles & Company's global research platform. Launched on August 25, 2021, and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the ETF is managed by portfolio managers Matthew J. Eagan and Brian P. Kennedy of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P., with c/o iA Clarington Investments Inc. in Québec City, Québec, as the administrative entity; iA Clarington Investments Inc., founded in 1999 and headquartered in Toronto with a head office in Québec City, serves as the fund sponsor and is a subsidiary of iA Financial Group. The fund targets income-oriented investors such as individuals and institutions, with geographic exposure predominantly in the United States (approximately 69%), followed by Europe, Cayman Islands, Asia, emerging markets in South America and Africa, and minor Canadian allocations; as of August 31, 2025, its portfolio features an average credit quality of BBB, modified duration of 4.3 years, portfolio yield of 5.6% and holdings in 577 fixed-income investments topped by U.S. government securities. Recent developments include a November 2024 partnership expansion by iA Clarington with global fixed-income specialist Dan Janis and his firm Agile Investment Management, LLC, involving sub-advisory changes for related bond funds and the launch of a new global fixed-income fund; in October 2024, iA Clarington introduced a new global total return income fund further extending the Agile relationship; July 2025 saw the addition of Series F US dollar purchase options for the Agile suite; and June 2025 announcements covered fund name changes and Active ETF Series distributions, alongside ongoing monthly variable distributions for ILGB.TO, such as $0.03560 per unit in August 2025.