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- Guggenheim Core Bond Fund Class C (SDICX) is an open-end mutual fund managed by Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC that seeks to provide current income through a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities. The fund invests primarily in investment-grade bonds, including U.S. government securities, agency mortgage-backed securities, U.S. Treasuries, investment-grade corporate bonds, structured credit such as asset-backed securities, non-agency mortgage-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations, with limited allocations to below-investment-grade sectors like bank loans and high-yield corporate bonds; its portfolio features approximately 1,040 holdings, an effective duration of 6.0 years, weighted average life to worst of 7.5 years and yield to maturity of 5.2% as of recent data. Launched on May 1, 2000, the fund is domiciled in the United States, available to U.S. investors with a minimum initial investment of $2,500, and distributed by Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, with share classes including A (SIUSX), Institutional (GIUSX) and P (SIUPX). It is benchmarked against the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index and targets intermediate core bond investors, maintaining a net expense ratio of 1.59% and distributing income accrued daily and paid monthly.
Headquartered in New York, NY, Guggenheim Investments, the broader platform encompassing the fund, operates as part of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a privately held global asset management firm founded in 1999 with over $350 billion in assets under management across fixed income, equity and alternative strategies; it maintains offices in major U.S. cities like Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as international locations including London, Tokyo and Dublin.
In June 2024, Guggenheim Investments announced a definitive agreement to sell its actively managed equity funds business, comprising 21 mutual funds with $2.6 billion in assets, to New Age Alpha, with the transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024 subject to approvals; this strategic divestiture does not impact the Core Bond Fund, which remains under Guggenheim management led by CIO Anne Walsh, Fixed Income CIO Steven Brown, and portfolio managers Adam Bloch and Evan Serdensky. The fund traces its strategies to a name change and principal investment strategy update effective January 28, 2013, and continues to emphasize durations typically ranging 75% to 125% of the Morningstar Core Bond Index average. As of September 30, 2025, the fund delivered positive performance, returning 2.23% in Q3 2025 for its institutional class, outperforming the benchmark.