Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund (WHOSX) is an open-end fixed income mutual fund that seeks to provide a rate of return exceeding inflation over a business cycle through investments in U.S. Treasury securities, emphasizing both income and capital appreciation. The fund, managed by Wasatch Global Investors and sub-advised by Hoisington Investment Management Company (HIMCo), typically allocates at least 90% of its assets to U.S. Treasury bonds, zero-coupon Treasury securities, Treasury Strips, Treasury bills and notes, and repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities; its portfolio duration adjusts dynamically from less than one year to a maximum of 25 years based on assessments of multi-year economic trends, extending maturities in disinflationary environments and shortening them amid rising inflation. Launched on December 8, 1986, and domiciled in the United States with administrative operations addressed to P.O. Box 2172, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the fund benchmarks against the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and primarily serves institutional and retail investors focused on long-term Treasury strategies.
In recent developments, the fund delivered a 4.01% return for the first quarter of 2025, outperforming the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index's 2.78%, followed by 2.34% in the third quarter amid slight declines in long-term Treasury yields; over the 12 months ended September 30, 2025, it experienced a -8.32% decline versus the index's +2.88% gain due to rising yields. HIMCo, the sub-adviser headquartered in Austin, Texas, continues to oversee more than $2 billion in assets under management, including its role with WHOSX distributed by ALPS Distributors, Inc., with no reported acquisitions, funding rounds, or structural changes in the past 1-2 years. The fund operates exclusively within U.S. fixed income markets, concentrating on government securities in the long government category per Morningstar classification.