Rather than invest directly in equity securities, the Fund gains its U.S. Equity and International Equity exposure through investments in index derivative instruments. The Fund’s Debt Portfolio consists of debt instruments that serve to collateralize the Fund’s derivative exposure. PIMCO actively manages the bonds using its top-down longer-term (secular) and shorter-term (cyclical) economic outlook, as well as strategies that focus on credit quality analysis, diversification, yield management, duration management and other risk-management techniques. PIMCO employs for the Fund a dynamic and active approach to sector rotation within the bond markets based on its assessment of relative value and credit trends. With PIMCO’s global macroeconomic analysis as the basis for top-down investment decisions, the Fund has the flexibility to allocate its assets among a broad spectrum of mortgage-related, government, corporate and other debt securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, including emerging market bonds. The relative value assessment within credit sectors will draw on PIMCO’s regional and sector specialist expertise. PIMCO will employ a disciplined credit approach driven by fundamental, independent research.
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