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- PIMCO High Yield Municipal Bond Fund (PYMPX) is an open-end mutual fund managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) that seeks high current income exempt from federal income tax, with total return as a secondary objective. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in municipal bonds, including high yield debt securities whose interest is exempt from federal income tax per bond counsel opinion at issuance; it may allocate up to 30% to private activity bonds subject to the federal alternative minimum tax, alongside other municipal tax-exempt and taxable obligations, agency mortgage-backed securities, bank loans, corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, and cash equivalents. Its portfolio features approximately 672 holdings, with top positions including Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation revenue bonds, Puerto Rico Commonwealth obligations, Texas Water Development Board state water improvement bonds, and New York Liberty Development Corporation bonds; sector allocations emphasize municipal tax-exempt (87.78%), municipal taxable (4.72%), and agency mortgage-backed securities (2.78%). Available in multiple share classes such as Institutional (PHMIX), Class A (PYMAX), Class C (PYMCX), I-3 (PYMNX), and I-2 (PYMPX with a 0.65%-0.66% expense ratio and $1 million minimum investment), the fund targets institutional and high-net-worth investors seeking tax-advantaged high yield municipal exposure. PIMCO High Yield Municipal Bond Fund, Class I-2 shares (PYMPX) inaugurated operations on April 30, 2008, with PIMCO headquartered at 650 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California; the broader PIMCO Funds complex maintains a legal address c/o CT Corporation System, 155 Federal Street, Suite 700, Boston, Massachusetts. The fund operates within the high yield municipal bond segment of the U.S. fixed income market, focusing on domestic issuers across states including Puerto Rico, Texas, New York, Ohio, California, and others. In recent years, PIMCO has pursued strategic reorganizations across its municipal bond offerings, completing mergers of six closed-end municipal income funds on August 1, 2025—including PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II into PIMCO Municipal Income Fund (PMF/PMX into PML), PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund II into PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund (PNF/PYN into PNI), and PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund into PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund III (PCK/PZC into PCQ)—to enhance operational efficiency, liquidity, and cost reduction for investors. These consolidations followed shareholder approvals in June 2025 and reflect PIMCO's broader fixed-income optimization efforts, though PYMPX as a mutual fund remains distinct from these closed-end fund actions. Earlier, PIMCO completed its acquisition of Gurtin Municipal Bond Management in 2019, bolstering its municipal bond capabilities with an additional suite of strategies managing billions in assets. Portfolio managers include David Hammer (since 2015) and Kyle Christine (since 2023), overseeing a $5.9 billion asset base with monthly dividend distributions yielding approximately 4.5%-5%.