Fixed Income
INVESTMENTS
Fostering Long-Term Value Through Fixed Income Investments
The program offers a diverse range of products, including government and corporate bonds, as well as private debt investments. Our strategies include the use of duration, yield curve, and credit spread positioning with a focus on sector and security selection.
All strategies are actively managed and follow a disciplined investment approach underpinned by robust research.
We Invest In
Our fixed income program invests in public and private market debt, oversees our exposure to foreign currency, and manages BCI’s Funding Program to deliver leverage.
SECTORS
Credit
We invest in publicly traded corporate debt across the full credit spectrum (i.e. investment grade and high yield) with a focus on the U.S. and Canada.
Rates
We engage in active management of interest rate exposure, using both duration and yield curve positioning.
Foreign Exchange
We use a centralized and client-driven approach to currency exposures, incorporating clients’ strategic, long-term, hedge ratios with a tactical currency hedging overlay.
Funding Program
We employ both secured and unsecured financing to deliver capital to clients with strategic allocations to total portfolio leverage. Read more about our Funding Program.
Private Debt
We offer private debt with the Principal Credit Fund, through internal management and partnerships with external managers, which lends to mid-sized companies in North America, Europe and Asia that are generally unrated and private equity owned.
Investment & Performance
Our fixed income program invests $104.6 billion in public and private market debt and manages foreign currency – a key consideration as we expand our global investment reach. It includes money market and bond portfolios, as well as foreign exchange hedging and trading.
CAPITAL
IMPACT
GROWTH
See Footnote(s)
1 AUM and % includes Private Debt as at March 31, 2025.
2 Fixed income program returns include the leverage liability portfolio and exclude private debt.
Program Performance and Asset Mix
Fixed Income Performance
Private Debt Performance
Fixed Income Portfolio
Private Debt Portfolio
Corporate Bond Portfolio
Diversified Investment Solutions
Guided by our clients’ long-term needs, we operate and invest globally, leveraging our scale, unique structure, world-class expertise, and agility to capture the best opportunities across asset classes.