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Press Release: Osterweis Total Return Fund Celebrates 3-Year Anniversary
The fund’s Sharpe Ratio is in the top 1% of its Core Fixed Income Lipper peer group.
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Total Return Fund (OSTRX)
Performance
Month-End Performance (as of 5/31/20)
| 1 MO | QTD | YTD | 1 YR | 3 YR | 5 YR | 7 YR | 10 YR |
INCEP (12/30/2016) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSTRX | 0.42% | 2.29% | 1.20% | 5.16% | 3.82% | - | - | - | 4.21% | |
| Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 0.47 | 2.25 | 5.47 | 9.42 | 5.07 | - | - | - | 5.16 | |
| Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 1-3 Year Index | 0.19 | 0.74 | 2.54 | 4.43 | 2.76 | - | - | - | 2.64 | |
| ICE BofA 3 Month Treasury Bill | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.58 | 1.84 | 1.79 | - | - | - | 1.64 | |
Gross expense ratio as of 3/31/2019: 0.68%.
Quarter-End Performance (as of 3/31/20)
| 1 MO | QTD | YTD | 1 YR | 3 YR | 5 YR | 7 YR | 10 YR |
INCEP (12/30/2016) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSTRX | -1.58% | -1.06% | -1.06% | 2.74% | 3.12% | - | - | - | 3.71% | |
| Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | -0.59 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 8.93 | 4.82 | - | - | - | 4.71 | |
| Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate 1-3 Year Index | 0.40 | 1.79 | 1.79 | 4.63 | 2.63 | - | - | - | 2.55 | |
| ICE BofA 3 Month Treasury Bill | 0.29 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 2.25 | 1.83 | - | - | - | 1.72 | |
Gross expense ratio as of 3/31/2019: 0.68%.
Performance data quoted represent past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the Fund may be higher or lower than the performance quoted.
Rates of return for periods greater than one year are annualized.
Performance Chart (as of 3/31/20)
Total Return Fund
BC Agg Index
BC Agg 1-3 Year Index Index
3-Month T-Bill Index
Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception to 3/31/2020)
Growth of $10,000
Total Return Fund
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BC Agg Index
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BC Agg 1-3 Year Index Index
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3-Month T-Bill Index
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Calendar Year Performance
| Date | OSTRX | BC Agg | BC Agg 1-3 Year Index | 3-Month T-Bill |
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| 2020 YTD (as of 3/31/20) | -1.06% | 3.15% | 1.79% | 0.57% |
| 2019 | 6.52 | 8.72 | 4.04 | 2.28 |
| 2018 | 1.33 | 0.01 | 1.60 | 1.87 |
| 2017 | 5.41 | 3.54 | 0.86 | 0.86 |
Investment Team
Eddy Vataru
Chief Investment Officer – Total Return
Eddy Vataru graduated from California Institute of Technology (B.S. Chemistry & Economics) and from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis (M.B.A.). Mr. Vataru holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Prior to joining Osterweis Capital Management in 2016, Mr. Vataru worked in senior management positions at Incapture, LLC and Citadel, LLC. Before that he spent over 11 years at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors), where his last position was as Managing Director and Head of U.S. Rates and Mortgages. While in this role, BGI worked with the U.S. Treasury in implementing its Agency MBS Purchase Program, buying mortgages for the U.S. government from 2008-2009.
Over the course of his career as a fixed income investor, Mr. Vataru has developed extensive experience in managing passive, active and hedge fund portfolios.
Mr. Vataru is a principal of the firm and the lead Portfolio Manager for the total return fixed income strategy. He is also a Portfolio Manager for the flexible balanced strategy.
John Sheehan
Vice President & Portfolio Manager
John Sheehan graduated from Georgetown University (B.A. Economics). Mr. Sheehan holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Prior to joining Osterweis Capital Management in 2018, Mr. Sheehan spent more than 20 years working at Citigroup, first as Managing Director responsible for Investment Grade Syndicate in New York City, where he advised issuers on accessing funding in the corporate bond market. Later at Citigroup, he was Managing Director in charge of West Coast Investment Grade Sales in San Francisco, where he covered several of the largest U.S. investment grade credit investors.
Mr. Sheehan is a principal of the firm and a Portfolio Manager for the total return fixed income strategy.
Daniel Oh
Vice President & Portfolio Manager
Daniel Oh graduated from Columbia University (B.A. Economics/Political Science) and from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan (M.B.A.).
Prior to joining Osterweis Capital Management in 2018, Mr. Oh spent over eight years as a Director at Estabrook Capital Management in New York City and was the lead Portfolio Manager of the Estabrook Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund. Before that he was at Merrill Lynch & Co. as an Associate in Prime/Alt-A-Non-Agency Mortgage Trading. Prior to that he held positions at Seneca Financial Group and Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Oh’s professional history includes experience in investment grade corporate credit, whole loan mortgages, structured finance and distressed investments.
Mr. Oh is a principal of the firm and a Portfolio Manager for the total return fixed income strategy.
This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund at the Fund’s inception. This chart assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, but does not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charge or redemption fees. This chart does not imply any future performance.
The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (BC Agg) is an unmanaged index which is widely regarded as the standard for measuring U.S. investment grade bond market performance. This index does not incur expenses and is not available for investment. The index includes reinvestment of dividends and/or interest income. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond 1 – 3 Year Index is the 1-3 Year segment of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
The ICE Bank of America 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is a monthly-rebalanced index that consists of a single Treasury Bill issue that matures closest to, but not beyond, three months.
An investment cannot be made directly in an index.
The Osterweis Funds are available by prospectus only. The Funds’ investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses must be considered carefully before investing. The summary and statutory prospectuses contain this and other important information about the Funds. You may obtain a summary or statutory prospectus by calling toll free at (866) 236-0050, or by visiting www.osterweis.com/statpro. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing to ensure the Fund is appropriate for your goals and risk tolerance.
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.
The Osterweis Total Return Fund may invest in fixed income securities which are subject to credit, default, extension, interest rate and prepayment risks. It may also make investments in derivatives that may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity, interest rate, market, credit, management and the risk that a position could not be closed when most advantageous. The Fund may invest in in debt securities that are un-rated or rated below investment grade. Lower-rated securities may present an increased possibility of default, price volatility or illiquidity compared to higher-rated securities. Investments in foreign and emerging market securities involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods. These risks may increase for emerging markets. Leverage may cause the effect of an increase or decrease in the value of the portfolio securities to be magnified and the fund to be more volatile than if leverage was not used. Investments in preferred securities have an inverse relationship with changes in the prevailing interest rate. Investments in Asset Backed and Mortgage Backed Securities include additional risks that investors should be aware of such as credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments. It may also make investments in derivatives that may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity, interest rate, market, credit, management and the risk that a position could not be closed when most advantageous. The Fund may invest in municipal securities which are subject to the risk of default.
While the fund is no-load, management fees and other expenses still apply. Please refer to the prospectus for more information.
Osterweis Capital Management is the adviser to the Osterweis Funds, which are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC.
