Strategic Alpha

The Strategic Alpha strategy seeks to provide absolute returns in excess of ICE BofA 3-Month Treasury Bill Index +2-4% while mitigating drawdowns
Strategy Assets $6 billion As of 3/31/2026
Asset Class Fixed
Inception Date 5/1/2011

Overview

Strategy Details

Primary Benchmark
ICE BofA 3-Month Treasury Bill Index
Secondary Benchmark
Bloomberg US Aggregate Index


Portfolio Managers

Matt Eagan, CFA

Head of the Full Discretion Team, Portfolio Manager

36 years Industry Experience
29 years Tenure at Loomis Sayles

Brian Kennedy

Portfolio Manager

36 years Industry Experience
32 years Tenure at Loomis Sayles

Scott Darci, CFA

Portfolio Manager and Convertibles & Equity Strategist

20 years Industry Experience
18 years Tenure at Loomis Sayles

Bryan Hazelton, CFA

Portfolio Manager

18 years Industry Experience
15 years Tenure at Loomis Sayles

About the Team

High-conviction, active credit investors focused on results.

$85.8B assets under management (as of 3/31/2026)

Investment Strategy

Composite Performance

Cumulative Total Return (%)
As of 3/31/2026
Period Gross Net Index
3 Months 0.19%0.08%0.85%
Year-To-Date 0.19%0.08%0.85%
Annualized Total Return (%)
As of 3/31/2026
Period Gross Net Index
1 Year 7.40%6.90%4.00%
3 Years 8.33%7.83%4.74%
5 Years 4.05%3.58%3.34%
10 Years 4.83%4.39%2.26%
Since 5/1/2011 3.88%3.44%1.53%
Period Performance (%)
As of 3/31/2026
Year Gross Net Index
2025 9.30%8.79%4.18%
2024 8.58%8.08%5.25%
2023 8.93%8.42%5.01%
2022 -7.44%-7.82%1.46%
2021 1.76%1.35%0.05%
2020 12.27%11.82%0.67%
2019 4.87%4.44%2.28%
2018 1.10%0.69%1.87%
2017 3.86%3.44%0.86%
2016 6.65%6.22%0.33%

Important Disclosures

The Composite includes all discretionary accounts with market values greater than $25 million, managed by Loomis Sayles with guidelines that allow it to invest long and short, and employ up to a maximum of 100% gross on a notional basis, primarily in the corporate, sovereign, asset-backed, currency and interest rate markets and employs the use of derivatives that may include interest rate futures and swaps, credit default swaps, commodity futures, options, and currency futures and forwards. Potential primary alpha sources are expected to fall in the credit, interest rate and currency categories. As of 1/1/2021 the Composite was redefined to include commingled vehicles, previously only separate accounts were included. The Composite inception date is May 1, 2011. The Composite was created in 2011.

Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are shown in US dollars and are annualized for one and multi-year periods. Gross returns are net of trading costs. Net returns are gross returns less effective management fees.

There is no guarantee that the investment objective will be realized or that the strategy will generate positive or excess return.

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