- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Bonds
- Address
- Loomis Sayles Funds I MA United States of America
- IPO Date
- Dec 31, 1996
- Business
- Loomis Sayles Funds Bond Fund Retail Class (Trust I) (LSBRX) is a multisector bond mutual fund that seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in fixed-income securities, including at least 55% in investment-grade bonds, up to 35% in below-investment-grade (high-yield) debt, up to 20% in equities, securitized products, emerging market debt, bank loans, and non-US dollar denominated instruments; the fund employs a high-conviction, active credit strategy with a repeatable equity-like fundamental research process across global fixed income markets, benchmarked against the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index, and features multiple share classes including Retail Class (LSBRX, inception December 31, 1996, minimum initial investment $2,500, net expense ratio 0.89%), Institutional Class (LSBDX), Class N (LSBNX), and Class Admin (LBFAX), with total assets under management of approximately $4.4 billion as of November 2025. The fund maintains a diversified portfolio of around 740 holdings, with key sector allocations to investment-grade credit (34%), securitized assets (20%), high-yield credit (14%), US Treasuries (12%), and emerging markets credit (6%), alongside geographic exposure primarily to the United States (77%) and select international markets including Israel, Ireland, Australia, and Mexico; it exhibits an average maturity of 5.7 years, effective duration of 3.6 years, and annual turnover of 62%. Managed by Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P., a Boston-based investment manager founded in 1926 and headquartered at One Financial Center, the firm operates globally with offices in London, Singapore, and Orinda, California, and serves institutional and retail clients as an indirect subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers. In recent developments, the fund announced on September 16, 2025, that effective December 31, 2025, it will be renamed the Loomis Sayles Income Fund to reflect updates to its distribution policy, investment objective, and principal strategies; additionally, in November 2025, Loomis Sayles entered an agreement to transition its Global Emerging Market Equities team to FIM Partners, streamlining focus on core fixed income and credit capabilities.