How Pimco, Capital Group funds bet on falling US rates
Counterparty Radar: Inflation hedge would soften impact for Capital Group; Pimco’s swaptions structures targeted modest decline
Funds managed by Pimco and Capital Group positioned their first-quarter books for falling US interest rates, bucking market expectations at the time towards a higher-for-longer outlook.
Capital Group’s American Balanced Fund and Pimco’s Total Return Fund increased their US Treasury holdings and maintained long interest rate future exposures, according to filings reflecting positions at the end of
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