The Payden & Rygel approach to index replication centers on picking appropriate bonds to represent key risks. We assess the trade-off between constructing a portfolio of bonds that track the benchmark, whilst also limiting the number of securities owned to control transaction costs, to maintain liquidity, and at the margin, to reflect relative value. We use statistical and qualitative analysis to find the appropriate balance between minimising tracking error and boosting returns. Ultimately, we strive to match the return of the benchmark with no deliberate performance drift relative to that benchmark.
Share Class Snapshot - 28 February 2026
Fund Inception Date
May 26, 2016
Share Class Inception Date
Jul 14, 2008
Ticker
PGVBISD
ISIN Number
IE00B2QPHQ75
Sedol Number
B2QPHQ7
Fund Total Net Assets
$988.9 million
Benchmark
FTSE World Government Bond Index GBP Hedged
Currency Share Classes Available
CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, JPY, NOK, SGD, USD
Management Fee
0.12%
Total Expense Ratio
0.15%
Investment Minimum
£1,000,000 initial
Unless otherwise indicated, all listed data represents past performance. There is no guarantee of future performance, nor are fund shares guaranteed. Funds are issued by Payden & Rygel Global, Ltd., which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The investment products and services of Payden & Rygel are not available in the United Kingdom to private investors. The value of an investment may fall as well as rise and an investor may get back less than the amount that has been invested. Income from an investment may fluctuate in value in money terms. Changes in rates of exchange may cause the value of an investment to go up or down.
A collective redress mechanism by consumers in respect of infringements of applicable Irish or EU laws is available under the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 which transposes Directive (EU) 2020/1828 into Irish law.
Unless otherwise indicated, all listed data represents past performance. There is no guarantee of future performance, nor are fund shares guaranteed. Funds are issued by Payden & Rygel Global, Ltd., which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The investment products and services of Payden & Rygel are not available in the United Kingdom to private investors. The value of an investment may fall as well as rise and an investor may get back less than the amount that has been invested. Income from an investment may fluctuate in value in money terms. Changes in rates of exchange may cause the value of an investment to go up or down.
A collective redress mechanism by consumers in respect of infringements of applicable Irish or EU laws is available under the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 which transposes Directive (EU) 2020/1828 into Irish law.
Unless otherwise indicated, all listed data represents past performance. There is no guarantee of future performance, nor are fund shares guaranteed. Funds are issued by Payden & Rygel Global, Ltd., which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The investment products and services of Payden & Rygel are not available in the United Kingdom to private investors. The value of an investment may fall as well as rise and an investor may get back less than the amount that has been invested. Income from an investment may fluctuate in value in money terms. Changes in rates of exchange may cause the value of an investment to go up or down.
A collective redress mechanism by consumers in respect of infringements of applicable Irish or EU laws is available under the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 which transposes Directive (EU) 2020/1828 into Irish law.
February was characterised by shifting interest rate expectations and renewed volatility across global fixed-income bond markets. In the US, the policy debate remained dominated by whether inflation had slowed enough for the Federal Reserve (Fed) to resume rate cuts. In Europe, the macroeconomic narrative was clearer: inflation continued to moderate and growth data proved steadier than expected. As a result, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept rates unchanged, though financial markets still anticipate rate cuts over the medium term.
In the US, markets were driven by the tension between still-elevated inflation and evidence that economic activity is slowing. Consumer spending remained relatively strong, particularly in the services sector, whilst manufacturing surveys continued to signal subdued conditions. The labour market showed further signs of cooling: layoffs remained low but hiring slowed and payroll growth moderated, consistent with a gradual rebalancing of labour demand. Inflation continued to ease overall, although progress varied across different categories, reinforcing the view that the return to the Fed’s inflation target is unlikely to be smooth. Markets also paid attention to political developments, including discussion about the future leadership of the Fed ahead of the scheduled end of Chair Jerome Powell’s term in May 2026, which has kept investors focused on the longer-term direction of monetary policy. By the end of the month, The S&P 500 had fallen 0.87%, whilst the yield on the 10-year US Treasury stood at 3.94%.
Across the Atlantic, the ECB left interest rates unchanged at its February meeting, emphasising that inflation should stabilise at its 2% target over the medium term, despite risks from geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty. Preliminary data showed euro area inflation slightly below the ECB’s target, reinforcing expectations that the ECB is nearing the end of its rate-cutting cycle and is unlikely to reduce rates further this year without a sharper economic slowdown. Economic indicators pointed to subdued growth across the euro area, with Germany’s economy remaining fragile, and bank lending growth was weak, keeping attention on when the ECB might eventually begin easing policy again. By the end of the month, yields on 10-year German bunds stood at 2.64% and 10-year UK gilt yields were at 4.23%.
OUTLOOK
The conflict in Iran has moved to the forefront of investors’ attention since the end of February, and market sentiment in the coming weeks will likely be closely tied to developments in the Middle East. At this stage, uncertainty remains very high regarding the potential duration, scale, and broader implications of the conflict, adding another layer of complexity to an already challenging macroeconomic environment. The primary macroeconomic risk stems from the possibility of a prolonged disruption to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint through which roughly 20% of global oil supply transits. Markets experienced significant volatility in the first week of March, with some of the moves amplified by the unwinding of crowded positions. The magnitude of the reaction has varied across asset classes. Government bond yields have moved sharply, whilst credit markets have remained relatively orderly thus far.
Notwithstanding the risks around the conflict, our macroeconomic outlook remains relatively optimistic with risks tilted to the downside. The US economy remains central to our global outlook in 2026. We believe the current divergence between strong GDP growth and weakening labour markets in the US is unusual and unlikely to persist. In our view, the US economy faces a binary path: either reaccelerating as technology-driven productivity gains take hold or slipping into recession if labour market softness begins to weigh more broadly on economic activity. Regardless of the outcome, US inflation is expected to continue moderating. This disinflationary trend, combined with labour-market weakness, should allow the Fed to continue easing policy towards neutral and potentially beyond. Stickier inflation remains a risk to this central view, a risk that has recently increased given the developments in the Middle East.
Outside the US, most developed economies appear relatively resilient, supported by moderate economic growth, declining inflation, and accommodating or easing monetary policy. Japan stands as an exception, where gradual policy tightening is expected to continue. Moderating inflation and range-bound inflation expectations have historically been associated with a negative correlation between interest rates and risk assets. With economic growth facing more downside risks, we believe portfolios with a balanced and diversified allocation between duration and credit risk should be better positioned to navigate the uncertainty and range of potential outcomes in 2026. The conflict in Iran is a direct threat to our inflation view, and we remain mindful of these risks for the time being. Greater dispersion across and within sectors emphasises the need for diversification and strong bottom-up fundamental analysis.
Despite the uncertain economic backdrop, credit valuations remain on the most expensive end of the historical range, even as corporate fundamentals appear relatively healthy. In this environment, we prefer to distribute risk in our portfolios in a more balanced manner across duration and credit. Consistent with our outlook, we maintain modest overweight positions in higher-quality credit sectors, including investment-grade corporates and select high-quality securitised assets.
Given the ongoing concerns around economic growth, we also favour greater exposure to duration, positioning portfolios to benefit from further declines in interest rates. Within this allocation, we prefer intermediate-maturity US Treasuries and select emerging-market sovereign bonds. We are also positioned to benefit if the gap between short-term and long-term interest rates grows wider (a "steepening" yield curve), especially in the US and Germany, which we believe could provide some protection in an economic slowdown or if fiscal policies become more expansionary. In our currency strategy, we hold an underweight position in the US dollar, although less pronounced than earlier in 2025. This positioning is expressed against a diversified basket of developed and emerging-market currencies, such as the euro, the Japanese yen, and the Brazilian real.
Unless otherwise indicated, all listed data represents past performance. There is no guarantee of future performance, nor are fund shares guaranteed. Funds are issued by Payden & Rygel Global, Ltd., which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The investment products and services of Payden & Rygel are not available in the United Kingdom to private investors. The value of an investment may fall as well as rise and an investor may get back less than the amount that has been invested. Income from an investment may fluctuate in value in money terms. Changes in rates of exchange may cause the value of an investment to go up or down.
A collective redress mechanism by consumers in respect of infringements of applicable Irish or EU laws is available under the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 which transposes Directive (EU) 2020/1828 into Irish law.
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Career Opportunities
Payden & Rygel provides superior solutions by employing a staff whose education, experience and vision have made the firm a leader in the field. We welcome the opportunity to speak with talented and motivated individuals who wish to meet this challenge.
If you are interested in a career with Payden & Rygel, please submit your resume to the firm's human resources department at careers@payden.com.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Preperations
Payden & Rygel has developed a Business Continuity Plan to ensure that all critical functions continue in the event of a disruption in normal operations.
The firm has configured data replication servers and related infrastructure in its Boston, Massachusetts office. Data on critical Los Angeles servers is replicated to corresponding servers in the Boston location on a live basis throughout each day. In addition, other servers and databases are backed up, sent electronically to Boston, and restored at the end of each day. The firm has established a dedicated high-speed connection between the Los Angeles and Boston offices to facilitate the secure transmission of data backups.
A number of individuals from the Trading, Portfolio Operations, Information Technology, Compliance and Portfolio Management departments have been selected to connect remotely to the Boston office to complete their daily responsibilities, in the event of a disruption to normal business operations. The firm has implemented a VMWare virtual environment for each of these individuals so that they each have their own remote desktop in Boston to which they securely connect using a laptop or desktop computer with an Internet connection. Our expectation is that routine business operations will resume within 24 hours of a business continuity event. In addition, the Boston office has capacity to accommodate additional employees if a physical relocation of selected Los Angeles employees is necessary.
The firm uses a third-party hosted mass notification system to quickly communicate with all employees in the event of a disruption in operations. The system allows management to compose a text or voice message notifying employees of the event, which is then sent automatically to employees' mobile phones, home phones, and e-mail addresses. Employees indicate their receipt of the message from their phone or mobile device, which allows management to immediately review summary reports of the employees who are aware of the disruption. Additional instructions and updates can then be sent to all staff, as necessary under the circumstances.
In the event that our Business Continuity Plan is activated and Los Angeles office phone lines are down, the Los Angeles phone numbers are re-directed to the Boston office. Boston-based staff will direct callers to the mobile phones of key portfolio professionals, as necessary. All key investment personnel have access to firm e-mail on mobile devices. E-mail delivery to Payden & Rygel addresses is not dependent on the availability of either Los Angeles or Boston servers. Finally, Boston-based staff has access to portfolio management and reporting information independent of Los Angeles technology availability.
The transfer agent for the Payden Funds is not located in Payden & Rygel's offices. The transfer agent for all of the funds maintains all shareholder records and will continue to receive all shareholder calls related to their accounts.
On at least a quarterly basis, several employees from the departments specified above will remotely connect to the Boston office to test the infrastructure by conducting their daily job responsibilities, including the execution, ticketing, settlement and processing of securities trades.
The Business Continuity Plan was developed and is monitored by a committee of senior managers, including the heads of the Trading, Portfolio Operations, Compliance and Information Technology departments. The committee meets regularly to discuss any necessary updates to the Plan and coordinates ongoing tests of the Boston location by a team of employees from various departments. The committee also solicits feedback from personnel based on the ongoing tests and promptly makes adjustments to the Plan and the Boston office resources, as necessary.
Updates to the Business Continuity Plan will be posted on this website page and a copy of the Plan may also be obtained by written request.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
& STEWARDSHIP
To assure that Payden & Rygel meets their fiduciary responsibilities as an investment adviser, we have in place policies and procedures to support our ESG & Stewardship efforts
In addition to our applicable firm wide policies, Payden & Rygel and affiliated companies have been appointed as investment manager/adviser to various EU domiciled collective investment schemes. Payden manages many of these investments so that they can be designated as Article 8 financial products pursuant to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (EU 2019/2088). Payden has further been appointed by certain clients under separately managed accounts to manage assets in accordance with SFDR Article 8.
Payden & Rygel respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner and in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Collection of Information
To meet those expectations, we must collect and maintain certain personal information that is required by state and federal agencies, such as name, address and tax ID. We may collect or capture nonpublic information about you from the following sources:
Client onboarding forms;
Oral conversations or written correspondence between you and your Payden & Rygel representatives; and
Electronic sources, such as our Web site, or E-Mails.
Payden & Rygel clients have the right to: (i) be informed, at or before the point of collection, of the categories of personal information to be collected and the purposes for which the categories of personal information shall be used; and (ii) be informed of (a) the categories of personal information Payden & Rygel has collected about them; (b) the specific pieces of personal information Payden & Rygel has collected about them; (c) the categories of sources from which Payden & Rygel has collected the personal information; (d) the business or commercial purpose for collecting the personal information; and (e) the categories of third parties with whom Payden & Rygel share personal information about any client.
Disclosure of information
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal and account information about our clients, or former clients, to anyone, except as permitted by law.
In this regard, we may disclose such information to our affiliates, including Payden & Rygel Global Limited; Treasury Plus, Inc.; and Payden & Rygel Distributors. We also may disclose such information to unaffiliated third parties who are service providers to Payden & Rygel, such as broker-dealers, transfer agents or custodians. In each case, such disclosure is permitted by law, and the recipients are permitted to use it only as needed to provide agreed services to you. Finally, we may also disclose information to appropriate government agencies, and to others, as required by law or to prevent fraud.
We do not sell personal information collected, nor make that personal information available on-line. To change your personal information, call Payden & Rygel at (213) 625-1900 and request to speak to your Payden & Rygel representative.
Internal access to information and safeguards
We limit access to your personal and account information to those employees who need to know that information so that we can provide products and services to you. We also maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal and account information. Finally, when we dispose of such information, we have in place policies and procedures to assure that such information is properly stored and shredded in the case of documentary material and erased in the case of electronic media so that in either case the information cannot be practicably read or reconstructed.
As required by U.S. federal law, Payden & Rygel will update this information at least annually.
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The information on this website is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which would subject Payden & Rygel to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.
The reliability and accuracy of the material on this website cannot be assured because of possible technical malfunctions and unauthorized tampering. In addition, the material on this website, including any opinions expressed herein, is subject to change without notice. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
No part of this website may be reproduced in any of form, or referred to in any other publication without the express written consent of Payden & Rygel. Any links to other Internet sites ("hyperlinks") are included only as a convenience for visitors to this website. Payden & Rygel assumes no liability for the content or presentation of such hyperlink sites.
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The investment strategy and investment management information presented on this website should not be construed to be formal financial planning advice or the formation of a financial manager/client relationship. Payden.com is an informative website designed to provide information to the general public based on our recommendations of investment management and investment strategies and is not designed to be representative of your own financial needs. Nor does the information contained herein constitute financial management advice. The firm makes no warranty or representation regarding the accuracy or legality of any information contained in this website, and assumes no liability for the use of said information. Be advised that as Internet communications are not always confidential, you provide our website your personal information at your own risk. Please do not make any decisions about any investment management or investment strategy matter without consulting with a qualified professional.
The Funds respect your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner and in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Collection of Information
To meet those expectations, we must collect and maintain certain personal information that is required by state and federal agencies, such as name, address and tax ID. We may collect or capture nonpublic information about you from the following sources:
The Fund application, or other forms;
Oral conversations or written correspondence between you and our representatives;
Your transactions with us; and
Electronic sources, such as our Web site, or E-Mails.
Payden & Rygel clients have the right to: (i) be informed, at or before the point of collection, of the categories of personal information to be collected and the purposes for which the categories of personal information shall be used; and (ii) be informed of (a) the categories of personal information Payden & Rygel has collected about them; (b) the specific pieces of personal information Payden & Rygel has collected about them; (c) the categories of sources from which Payden & Rygel has collected the personal information; (d) the business or commercial purpose for collecting the personal information; and (e) the categories of third parties with whom Payden & Rygel share personal information.
Disclosure of Information
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal and account information about our customers, or former customers, to anyone, except as permitted by law.
In this regard, we may disclose such information to our affiliates, including the Funds’ investment adviser, Payden & Rygel; administrator, Treasury Plus, Inc.; and distributor, Payden & Rygel Distributors. We also may disclose such information to unaffiliated third parties who are service providers to you or to the Funds, such as broker-dealers, transfer agents, custodians, or our mail processing firm. In each case, such disclosure is permitted by law, and the recipients are permitted to use it only as needed to provide agreed services to you. Finally, we may also disclose information to appropriate government agencies, and to others, as required by law or to prevent fraud.
We do not sell personal information collected, nor make that personal information available on-line. To change your personal information, call Paydenfund Shareholder Services at 800-572-9366 and request the forms necessary to make any such changes.
Internal Access to Information and Safeguards
We limit access to your personal and account information to those employees who need to know that information so that we can provide products and services to you. We also maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal and account information. Finally, when we dispose of such information, we have in place policies and procedures to assure that such information is properly stored and shredded in the case of documentary material and erased in the case of electronic media so that in either case the information cannot be practicably read or reconstructed.
As required by U.S. federal law, Payden & Rygel will update this information at least annually.