This is a marketing communication. Please refer to the Prospectus of the PIMCO Funds: Global Investors Series Plc and to the KIID before making any final investment decisions.
Fund Description
The Global Advantage Fund is an actively managed, developed and developing market fixed income portfolio benchmarked to the GDP weighted Global Advantage Bond Index (GLADI). The fund offers cash and derivative exposure to the full range of fixed income opportunities -developed and emerging market sovereign bonds, nominal and inflation-protected assets, corporates and securitized securities, and currencies
Fund Specific Risks
Credit and Default Risk
A decline in the financial health of an issuer of a fixed income security can lead to an inability or unwillingness to repay a loan or meet a contractual obligation. This could cause the value of its bonds to fall or become worthless. Funds with high exposures to non-investment grade securities have a higher exposure to this risk.
Currency Risk
Changes in exchange rates may cause the value of investments to decrease or increase.
Derivatives and Counterparty Risk
The use of certain derivatives could result in the fund having a greater or more volatile exposure to the underlying assets and an increased exposure to counterparty risk. This may expose the fund to larger gains or losses associated with market movements or in relation to a trade counterparty being unable to meet its obligations.
Emerging Markets Risk
Emerging markets, and especially frontier markets, generally carry greater political, legal, counterparty and operational risk. Investments in these markets may expose the fund to larger gains or losses.
Liquidity Risk
Difficult market conditions could result in certain securities becoming hard to sell at a desired time and price.
Interest Rate Risk
Changes in interest rates will usually result in the values of bond and other debt instruments moving in the opposite direction (e.g. a rise in interest rates likely leads to fall in bond prices).
Mortgage Related and Other Asset Backed Securities Risks
Mortgage or asset backed securities are subject to similar risks as other fixed income securities, and may also be subject to prepayment risk and higher levels of credit and liquidity risk.
China InterBank Bond Market ("CIBM")
The fund may be exposed to liquidity risks, settlement risks, default of counterparties and market volatility associated with CIBM. In addition, the CIBM rules are new and still subject to further clarification and/or changes, which may adversely affect the fund's capability to invest in the CIBM.
Investor Benefits
The fund offers fixed income investors a strategic platform for seizing opportunities produced by secular shifts in the global economy.
The Fund Advantage
The fund seeks to combine the returns of GLADI with PIMCO’s unique alpha seeking strategies, long-term focus and expertise in active management.
BENCHMARK
PIMCO Global Advantage Bond Index (GLADI) (London Close)
BENCHMARK DESCRIPTION
The PIMCO Global Advantage Bond Index (GLADI) (London Close) is a diversified global index that covers a wide spectrum of global fixed income opportunities and sectors, from developed to emerging markets, nominal to real asset, and cash to derivative instruments. Unlike traditional indices, which are frequently comprised of bonds weighted according to their market capitalization, GLADI uses GDP-weighting which puts an emphasis on faster-growing areas of the world and thus makes the index forward-looking in nature. PIMCO's GLADI methodology is intellectual property covered by U.S. Patent No. 8,306,892. GLOBAL ADVANTAGE and GLADI are trademarks of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.
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09/06/2009
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