Seeks total return with an emphasis on current income, but also considering capital appreciation, measured in US dollars.
INVESTMENT FOCUS
Focuses on global investment grade, corporate bonds of developed countries that MFS believes to have solid/improving fundamentals
May also include high yield, international and/or emerging market debt
Portfolio based on intensive fundamental research and collaborative research organization that aims to avoid adverse credit events, and focuses on bottom-up security selection
Important Risk Considerations
The fund may not achieve its objective and/or you could lose money on your investment in the fund.
Bond: Investments in debt instruments may decline in value as the result of, or perception of, declines in the credit quality of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or other entity responsible for payment, underlying collateral, or changes in economic, political, issuer-specific, or other conditions. Certain types of debt instruments can be more sensitive to these factors and therefore more volatile. In addition, debt instruments entail interest rate risk (as interest rates rise, prices usually fall). Therefore, the portfolio's value may decline during rising rates. Portfolios that consist of debt instruments with longer durations are generally more sensitive to a rise in interest rates than those with shorter durations. At times, and particularly during periods of market turmoil, all or a large portion of segments of the market may not have an active trading market. As a result, it may be difficult to value these investments and it may not be possible to sell a particular investment or type of investment at any particular time or at an acceptable price. The price of an instrument trading at a negative interest rate responds to interest rate changes like other debt instruments; however, an instrument purchased at a negative interest rate is expected to produce a negative return if held to maturity.
Emerging Markets: Emerging markets can have less market structure, depth, and regulatory, custodial or operational oversight and greater political, social, geopolitical and economic instability than developed markets.
Derivatives: Investments in derivatives can be used to take both long and short positions, be highly volatile, involve leverage (which can magnify losses), and involve risks in addition to the risks of the underlying indicator(s) on which the derivative is based, such as counterparty and liquidity risk.
High Yield: Investments in below investment grade quality debt instruments can be more volatile and have greater risk of default, or already be in default, than higher-quality debt instruments.
Please see the prospectus for further information on these and other risk considerations.
Fund Information
Fund Inception
22-Dec-2009
Net Assets
(US$
M)
As of 31-Dec-24
US$145.35
Fiscal Year End
JANUARY
SFDR Classification
Article 6: Integrates sustainability risks into the investment process.
Article 8: Systematically promotes a stated environmental or social characteristic and provides enhanced disclosure accordingly.
Article 9: Typically for "impact" funds, which have a dual objective of financial return and specific environmental or social outcomes.
Article 8
Benchmark
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
Share Class Information
Class Inception
22-Dec-2009
Net Asset Value (NAV)
As of 06-Feb-25
$143.11
Most Recent NAV Change
As of 06-Feb-25
$0.12
|
0.08%
Pilar Gomez-Bravo, CFA, is co-chief investment officer of Fixed Income at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). As co-CIO, she has joint oversight of MFS' global fixed income team and works collaboratively with MFS' investment leadership team to ensure its fixed income investors have the tools and skill sets necessary to serve the firm's clients globally. She is also a fixed income portfolio manager with oversight of the firm's Global Aggregate and Global Credit portfolio management teams. She is based in MFS' London office.
Pilar joined MFS in 2013 as a portfolio manager from Imperial Capital, where she served as a managing director. She was named director of Fixed Income -- Europe in 2017 before being named co-CIO in 2023. She previously served as a portfolio manager and head of research at Negentropy Capital, within Matrix Asset Management, and cofounded Marengo Asset Management. From 2006 through 2010, she served as a senior portfolio manager and head of credit, Europe, for Neuberger Berman. She began her career in financial services at Lehman Brothers in 1997 and spent nine years with the firm, including serving as head of investment grade credit research for Europe.
Pilar earned the equivalent of an LL.B degree in Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Business Science from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE E-3, Spain). She also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. She has held the Chartered Financial Analyst designation since 2000.
Andy Li, CFA
Portfolio Manager
19
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
6
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
19
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
6
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Andy Li, CFA, is a fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management (MFS). In this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk assessment and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. He is based in London.
Prior to joining MFS in 2018, Andy worked for four years as a portfolio manager at Man GLG. He previously served as a portfolio manager for ECM Asset Management for seven years and a management consultant at Accenture for two years. He began his career in financial services in 2005.
Andy earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science with honors from Imperial College, London. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Our portfolio managers are supported by our entire team of investment professionals in nine worldwide offices. The team employs a proprietary investment process to build better insights for our clients. The core principles of our approach are integrated research, global collaboration and active risk management.
Jay Mitchell, CFA
Portfolio Manager
25
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
25
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Jay Mitchell, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he collaborates with the full MFS global investment organization to develop and implement portfolio strategies that seek to achieve long-term performance objectives. His responsibilities encompass all aspects of portfolio construction, including risk budgeting, asset allocation, security selection and risk management.
Jay joined MFS in 2000, first serving in the firm's retirement services division. In 2003, he was named fixed income trading associate and in 2004 was named fixed income research associate. In 2007, he was promoted to research analyst and in 2017 was named director of emerging market corporate research. He added portfolio responsibilities in 2020, and in 2023 was named portfolio manager on the US and global credit strategies.
Jay earned a bachelor's degree in finance and a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston College. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute and is a member of the CFA Society Boston.
Owen David Murfin, CFA
Institutional Portfolio Manager
28
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
7
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
28
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
7
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Owen Murfin, CFA, is an investment officer and institutional fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is a member of the MFS Global Fixed Income portfolio management team. In this capacity, he participates in portfolio strategy discussions, customizes portfolios to client objectives and guidelines and communicates portfolio investment strategy and positioning. He is based in London.
Prior to joining MFS in 2017, Owen served as managing director and global fixed income portfolio manager at BlackRock for 15 years. Before that, he worked as an associate and global fixed income portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management for five years.
Owen earned Bachelor of Science degree with first class honors from University College London. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Our portfolio managers are supported by our entire team of investment professionals in nine worldwide offices. The team employs a proprietary investment process to build better insights for our clients. The core principles of our approach are integrated research, global collaboration and active risk management.
Freida Tay
Institutional Portfolio Manager
30
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
30
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Freida Tay is an investment officer and fixed income institutional portfolio manager with MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In her role, she is a member of several portfolio management teams and an active participant in portfolio strategy and positioning discussions. She is responsible for aligning the implementation of the investment process with client expectations and provides transparency on the firm's fixed income investment philosophy, portfolio strategy and performance. She is based in Singapore.
Freida joined the firm in 2022 in her current role. She spent seven years at PIMCO Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore, where she was a senior vice president. She also worked for eight years at Fullerton Fund Management, Singapore, where she was a vice president and a fixed income portfolio manager and product specialist. She began her career in the financial services industry in 1995.
Freida earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from York University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Nanyang Technological University. She was recognized as a Female Champion by the Financial Women's Association of Singapore and was a member of 100 Women in Finance, a global organization committed to gender equality in finance.
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
*YTD Updated Daily as of 06-Feb-25, subject to revision and not annualized.
12 month period ending:
31-Jan-21
or Life
Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.
31-Jan-22
31-Jan-23
31-Jan-24
31-Jan-25
YTD %
*
Class Inception
Class
I1 Shares, US Dollars
at NAV
10.93
-4.11
-11.96
6.47
4.75
1.57
22-Dec-2009
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
7.37
-5.20
-11.23
4.56
2.01
-
-
12 month period ending:
Class
I1 Shares, US Dollars
at NAV
31-Jan-21or Life
Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.
10.93
31-Jan-22
-4.11
31-Jan-23
-11.96
31-Jan-24
6.47
31-Jan-25
4.75
YTD %
*
1.57
Class Inception
22-Dec-2009
22-Dec-2009
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
Important Performance Information
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
The fund's investment policies changed to permit increased derivatives usage on 31 October 2014; performance shown before this date reflects the fund’s policies prior this change.
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
Updated monthly as of
31-Jan-25
*YTD Updated Daily as of 06-Feb-25, subject to revision and not annualized.
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
The source for all fund data is MFS. Source for benchmark performance: SPAR, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
It is expected that the Fund’s deviation from the benchmark will be significant.
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
The fund's investment policies changed to permit increased derivatives usage on 31 October 2014; performance shown before this date reflects the fund’s policies prior this change.
Annual Rate of Return
Annual Rate of Return (%)
Annual Rate of Return (%)
As of
31-Dec-24Benchmark: Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
annual rate of return table
Life
Life performance as of 31-Jan-25
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
At NAV
2.34
-4.35
5.69
9.35
-3.91
13.06
13.73
-1.80
-18.45
11.90
3.50
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
-
-3.55
3.67
8.93
-3.17
10.74
10.03
-3.21
-16.96
9.24
0.71
At NAV
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
2024
3.5
0.71
2023
11.9
9.24
2022
-18.45
-16.96
2021
-1.8
-3.21
2020
13.73
10.03
2019
13.06
10.74
2018
-3.91
-3.17
2017
9.35
8.93
2016
5.69
3.67
2015
-4.35
-3.55
Life
Life performance as of 31-Jan-25
2.34
-
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
Important Performance Information
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
The fund's investment policies changed to permit increased derivatives usage on 31 October 2014; performance shown before this date reflects the fund’s policies prior this change.
Pricing & Distributions
Pricing History
NAV at Close of Trading on:
06-Feb-25
Net Asset Value (NAV):
$143.11
Change
($) (since
05-Feb-25):
0.12
Change (%) (since
05-Feb-25):
0.08
Market Price (MP):
Maximum data displayed is for the most recent 10 years
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The Record Date is the date on which a fund declares a distribution. To receive the distribution, an investor must be a shareholder of record on that date.
The Payable Date is the date on which the distribution is paid to shareholders.
Dividend Rate per Share is the amount of dividend that a shareholder will receive for each share held. It can be calculated by taking the total amount of dividends paid and dividing it by the total shares outstanding.
Dividend Reinvestment at NAV is the automatic reinvestment of shareholder dividends in more shares at net asset value.
Ex-Dividend Date is the date on which a fund goes ex-dividend. The interval between the announcement and the payment of the next dividend. An investor must own the fund before the ex-dividend date to be eligible for the dividend payout.
There are no distributions for this share class or distributions are currently not available
Portfolio & Holdings Information
Portfolio characteristic data are based on unaudited net assets.
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Average Coupon: Average Coupon is the equivalent exposure weighted coupon of all interest bearing instruments as a percent of the total equivalent exposure of all fixed income holdings, including short term and interest rate derivatives which have coupons. Coupons are netted for securities with a payable and receivable leg. Non-accruing securities are treated as having a coupon equal to zero.
Average Effective Duration is a measure of how much a bond's price is likely to fluctuate with general changes in interest rates, e.g., if rates rise 1.00%, a bond with a 5-year duration is likely to lose about 5.00% of its value.
Average Effective Maturity is a weighted average of maturity of the bonds held in a portfolio, taking into account any prepayments, puts, and adjustable coupons which may shorten the maturity. Longer-maturity funds are generally considered more interest-rate sensitive than shorter maturity funds.
Yield to Worst: For fixed income securities, yield is the discount rate that equilibrates the net present value of all future cash flows to the current market value. Average Yield is the equivalent exposure weighted average yield to worst which is typically the lowest of the yields to each potential call or put or the yield to maturity, whichever is worst.
The Average Credit Quality (ACQR) is a market weighted average (using a linear scale) of securities included in the rating categories. For all securities other than those described below, ratings are assigned utilizing ratings from Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the consensus rating is assigned if applicable or the middle rating if not; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. If none of the 3 Rating Agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating is assigned. Other Not Rated includes other fixed income securities not rated by any rating agency. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). All ratings are subject to change. The portfolio itself has not been rated by any rating agency. The credit quality of a particular security or group of securities does not ensure the stability or safety of an overall portfolio. The quality ratings of individual issues/issuers are provided to indicate the credit-worthiness of such issues/issuer and generally range from AAA, Aaa, or AAA (highest) to D, C, or D (lowest) for S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch respectively.
As of
31-Dec-24
Data table of holding characteristics
characteristics
Fixed Earning
Number of Issues
359
Number of Issuers
255
Average Coupon
4.47
Average Effective Duration
6.15 yrs
Average Effective Maturity
9.25 yrs
Average Credit Quality of Rated Securities
BBB+
Performance Statistics
Alpha is a measure of the portfolio's risk-adjusted performance. When compared to the portfolio's beta, a positive alpha indicates better-than-expected portfolio performance and a negative indicates alpha worse-than-expected portfolio performance.
Beta is a measure of the volatility of a portfolio relative to the overall market. A beta less than 1.0 indicates lower risk than the market; a beta greater than 1.0 indicates higher risk than the market. It is most reliable as a risk measure when the return fluctuations of the portfolio are highly correlated with the return fluctuations of the index chosen to represent the market.
Information ratio is a measure of consistency in excess return. It is calculated by taking the annualized excess return over a benchmark and dividing it by the annualized standard deviation of excess return.
R squared represents the percentage of the portfolio's movements that can be explained by the general movements of the market. Index portfolios will tend to have values very close to 100. R squared is not a measure of performance.
The Sharpe Ratio is a risk-adjusted measure calculated to determine reward per unit of risk. It uses a standard deviation and excess return. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better the portfolio's historical risk-adjusted performance.
Standard Deviation is an indicator of the portfolio's total return volatility, which is based on a minimum of 36 monthly returns. The larger the portfolio's standard deviation, the greater the portfolio's volatility.
Tracking error is the standard deviation of a portfolio's excess returns. Excess returns are a portfolio's return minus the benchmark's annualized return.
Treynor Ratio: Treynor Ratio is a risk adjusted measure of performance. It is the ratio of the annualized excess return of the portfolio over the risk free rate for a given period divided by the Beta of the portfolio versus its benchmark for the same period. It measures the amount of excess return over the risk free rate earned per unit of systematic risk (beta) assumed.
Upside and downside capture is a measure of how well a manager was able to replicate or improve on phases of positive benchmark returns, and how badly the manager was affected by phases of negative benchmark returns. Upside capture ratio for a portfolio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during periods when the benchmark had a positive return and dividing it by the benchmark return during that same period. Downside capture ratio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during the periods of negative benchmark performance and dividing it by the benchmark return for that period.
Updated Monthly As of
31-Dec-24
Benchmark
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
Performance Statistics Table
10 Yr.
5 Yr.
3 Yr.
Alpha
0.96
1.79
1.60
Beta
1.14
1.15
1.13
R-squared
97.48
97.90
97.87
Standard Deviation %
7.90
10.29
11.11
Sharpe Ratio
0.08
-0.14
-0.53
Tracking Error
1.58
2.00
2.06
Information Ratio
0.70
0.81
0.53
Treynor Ratio
0.58
-1.21
-5.18
Downside Capture %
105.10
103.80
105.11
Upside Capture %
116.29
118.10
115.64
Top 10 Holdings
As of
31-Dec-24
UST Bond 2Yr Future MAR 31 25
UST Bond 30Yr Future MAR 20 25
European Union RegS 1.625% DEC 04 29
UBS Group AG 144A FRB FEB 11 33
Ubisoft Entertainment SA RegS 0.878% NOV 24 27
B&M European Value Retail SA RegS 6.5% NOV 27 31
Nestle Finance International Ltd RegS 3.125% OCT 28 36
Euro BOBL Future MAR 06 25*
Euro Bund 10Yr Future MAR 06 25*
UST 10Yr Ultra Bond Future MAR 20 25*
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Exposures
Portfolio Structure (%)
As of
31-Dec-24
Investment Grade Corporates
72.86
U.S. Treasuries
9.24
High Yield Corporates
8.52
Emerging Markets Debt
8.00
Residential Mtg Backed
0.66
Non-U.S. Sovereigns
0.52
Municipals
0.44
Asset Backed
0.24
Cash & Cash Equivalents
0.96
Other1
-1.44
Credit Quality (%)
The Average Credit Quality (ACQR) is a market weighted average (using a linear scale) of securities included in the rating categories. For all securities other than those described below, ratings are assigned utilizing ratings from Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the consensus rating is assigned if applicable or the middle rating if not; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. If none of the 3 Rating Agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating is assigned. Other Not Rated includes other fixed income securities not rated by any rating agency. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). All ratings are subject to change. The portfolio itself has not been rated by any rating agency. The credit quality of a particular security or group of securities does not ensure the stability or safety of an overall portfolio. The quality ratings of individual issues/issuers are provided to indicate the credit-worthiness of such issues/issuer and generally range from AAA, Aaa, or AAA (highest) to D, C, or D (lowest) for S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch respectively.
As of
31-Dec-24
% of Total Net Assets
U.S. Government
0.29
AAA
3.65
AA
3.36
A
25.58
BBB
55.70
BB
6.25
B
2.35
CCC
0.38
D
0.25
Other Not Rated
2.19
Currency Weights (%)
As of
31-Dec-24
United States Dollar
64.74
Euro
26.47
British Pound Sterling
4.33
Canadian Dollar
2.49
Australian Dollar
0.95
Japanese Yen
0.58
Swiss Franc
0.34
New Zealand Dollar
0.05
Norwegian Krone
0.02
Swedish Krona
0.02
Important Characteristics Information
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Portfolio characteristics are based on equivalent exposure, which measures how a portfolio's value would change due to price changes in an asset held either directly or, in the case of a derivative contract, indirectly. The market value of the holding may differ.
*Short positions, unlike long positions, lose value if the underlying asset gains value.
1Other. Other consists of: (i) currency derivatives and/or (ii) any derivative offsets.
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Seeks total return with an emphasis on current income, but also considering capital appreciation, measured in US dollars.
INVESTMENT FOCUS
Focuses on global investment grade, corporate bonds of developed countries that MFS believes to have solid/improving fundamentals
May also include high yield, international and/or emerging market debt
Portfolio based on intensive fundamental research and collaborative research organization that aims to avoid adverse credit events, and focuses on bottom-up security selection
Important Risk Considerations
The fund may not achieve its objective and/or you could lose money on your investment in the fund.
Bond: Investments in debt instruments may decline in value as the result of, or perception of, declines in the credit quality of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or other entity responsible for payment, underlying collateral, or changes in economic, political, issuer-specific, or other conditions. Certain types of debt instruments can be more sensitive to these factors and therefore more volatile. In addition, debt instruments entail interest rate risk (as interest rates rise, prices usually fall). Therefore, the portfolio's value may decline during rising rates. Portfolios that consist of debt instruments with longer durations are generally more sensitive to a rise in interest rates than those with shorter durations. At times, and particularly during periods of market turmoil, all or a large portion of segments of the market may not have an active trading market. As a result, it may be difficult to value these investments and it may not be possible to sell a particular investment or type of investment at any particular time or at an acceptable price. The price of an instrument trading at a negative interest rate responds to interest rate changes like other debt instruments; however, an instrument purchased at a negative interest rate is expected to produce a negative return if held to maturity.
Emerging Markets: Emerging markets can have less market structure, depth, and regulatory, custodial or operational oversight and greater political, social, geopolitical and economic instability than developed markets.
Derivatives: Investments in derivatives can be used to take both long and short positions, be highly volatile, involve leverage (which can magnify losses), and involve risks in addition to the risks of the underlying indicator(s) on which the derivative is based, such as counterparty and liquidity risk.
High Yield: Investments in below investment grade quality debt instruments can be more volatile and have greater risk of default, or already be in default, than higher-quality debt instruments.
Please see the prospectus for further information on these and other risk considerations.
Fund Information
Fund Inception
22-Dec-2009
Net Assets
(US$
M)
As of 31-Dec-24
US$145.35
Fiscal Year End
JANUARY
SFDR Classification
Article 6: Integrates sustainability risks into the investment process.
Article 8: Systematically promotes a stated environmental or social characteristic and provides enhanced disclosure accordingly.
Article 9: Typically for "impact" funds, which have a dual objective of financial return and specific environmental or social outcomes.
Article 8
Benchmark
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
Share Class Information
Class Inception
22-Dec-2009
Net Asset Value (NAV)
As of 06-Feb-25
$143.11
Most Recent NAV Change
As of 06-Feb-25
$0.12
|
0.08%
Pilar Gomez-Bravo, CFA, is co-chief investment officer of Fixed Income at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). As co-CIO, she has joint oversight of MFS' global fixed income team and works collaboratively with MFS' investment leadership team to ensure its fixed income investors have the tools and skill sets necessary to serve the firm's clients globally. She is also a fixed income portfolio manager with oversight of the firm's Global Aggregate and Global Credit portfolio management teams. She is based in MFS' London office.
Pilar joined MFS in 2013 as a portfolio manager from Imperial Capital, where she served as a managing director. She was named director of Fixed Income -- Europe in 2017 before being named co-CIO in 2023. She previously served as a portfolio manager and head of research at Negentropy Capital, within Matrix Asset Management, and cofounded Marengo Asset Management. From 2006 through 2010, she served as a senior portfolio manager and head of credit, Europe, for Neuberger Berman. She began her career in financial services at Lehman Brothers in 1997 and spent nine years with the firm, including serving as head of investment grade credit research for Europe.
Pilar earned the equivalent of an LL.B degree in Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Business Science from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE E-3, Spain). She also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. She has held the Chartered Financial Analyst designation since 2000.
Andy Li, CFA
Portfolio Manager
19
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
6
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
19
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
6
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Andy Li, CFA, is a fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management (MFS). In this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk assessment and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. He is based in London.
Prior to joining MFS in 2018, Andy worked for four years as a portfolio manager at Man GLG. He previously served as a portfolio manager for ECM Asset Management for seven years and a management consultant at Accenture for two years. He began his career in financial services in 2005.
Andy earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science with honors from Imperial College, London. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Our portfolio managers are supported by our entire team of investment professionals in nine worldwide offices. The team employs a proprietary investment process to build better insights for our clients. The core principles of our approach are integrated research, global collaboration and active risk management.
Jay Mitchell, CFA
Portfolio Manager
25
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
25
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Jay Mitchell, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he collaborates with the full MFS global investment organization to develop and implement portfolio strategies that seek to achieve long-term performance objectives. His responsibilities encompass all aspects of portfolio construction, including risk budgeting, asset allocation, security selection and risk management.
Jay joined MFS in 2000, first serving in the firm's retirement services division. In 2003, he was named fixed income trading associate and in 2004 was named fixed income research associate. In 2007, he was promoted to research analyst and in 2017 was named director of emerging market corporate research. He added portfolio responsibilities in 2020, and in 2023 was named portfolio manager on the US and global credit strategies.
Jay earned a bachelor's degree in finance and a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston College. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute and is a member of the CFA Society Boston.
Owen David Murfin, CFA
Institutional Portfolio Manager
28
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
7
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
28
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
7
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Owen Murfin, CFA, is an investment officer and institutional fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is a member of the MFS Global Fixed Income portfolio management team. In this capacity, he participates in portfolio strategy discussions, customizes portfolios to client objectives and guidelines and communicates portfolio investment strategy and positioning. He is based in London.
Prior to joining MFS in 2017, Owen served as managing director and global fixed income portfolio manager at BlackRock for 15 years. Before that, he worked as an associate and global fixed income portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management for five years.
Owen earned Bachelor of Science degree with first class honors from University College London. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Our portfolio managers are supported by our entire team of investment professionals in nine worldwide offices. The team employs a proprietary investment process to build better insights for our clients. The core principles of our approach are integrated research, global collaboration and active risk management.
Freida Tay
Institutional Portfolio Manager
30
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
30
YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2
YEARS WITH PORTFOLIO
Freida Tay is an investment officer and fixed income institutional portfolio manager with MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In her role, she is a member of several portfolio management teams and an active participant in portfolio strategy and positioning discussions. She is responsible for aligning the implementation of the investment process with client expectations and provides transparency on the firm's fixed income investment philosophy, portfolio strategy and performance. She is based in Singapore.
Freida joined the firm in 2022 in her current role. She spent seven years at PIMCO Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore, where she was a senior vice president. She also worked for eight years at Fullerton Fund Management, Singapore, where she was a vice president and a fixed income portfolio manager and product specialist. She began her career in the financial services industry in 1995.
Freida earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from York University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Nanyang Technological University. She was recognized as a Female Champion by the Financial Women's Association of Singapore and was a member of 100 Women in Finance, a global organization committed to gender equality in finance.
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
*YTD Updated Daily as of 06-Feb-25, subject to revision and not annualized.
12 month period ending:
31-Jan-21
or Life
Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.
31-Jan-22
31-Jan-23
31-Jan-24
31-Jan-25
YTD %
*
Class Inception
Class
I1 Shares, US Dollars
at NAV
10.93
-4.11
-11.96
6.47
4.75
1.57
22-Dec-2009
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
7.37
-5.20
-11.23
4.56
2.01
-
-
12 month period ending:
Class
I1 Shares, US Dollars
at NAV
31-Jan-21or Life
Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.
10.93
31-Jan-22
-4.11
31-Jan-23
-11.96
31-Jan-24
6.47
31-Jan-25
4.75
YTD %
*
1.57
Class Inception
22-Dec-2009
22-Dec-2009
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
Important Performance Information
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
The fund's investment policies changed to permit increased derivatives usage on 31 October 2014; performance shown before this date reflects the fund’s policies prior this change.
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
Updated monthly as of
31-Jan-25
*YTD Updated Daily as of 06-Feb-25, subject to revision and not annualized.
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
The source for all fund data is MFS. Source for benchmark performance: SPAR, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
It is expected that the Fund’s deviation from the benchmark will be significant.
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
The fund's investment policies changed to permit increased derivatives usage on 31 October 2014; performance shown before this date reflects the fund’s policies prior this change.
Annual Rate of Return
Annual Rate of Return (%)
Annual Rate of Return (%)
As of
31-Dec-24Benchmark: Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
annual rate of return table
Life
Life performance as of 31-Jan-25
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
At NAV
2.34
-4.35
5.69
9.35
-3.91
13.06
13.73
-1.80
-18.45
11.90
3.50
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
-
-3.55
3.67
8.93
-3.17
10.74
10.03
-3.21
-16.96
9.24
0.71
At NAV
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
2024
3.5
0.71
2023
11.9
9.24
2022
-18.45
-16.96
2021
-1.8
-3.21
2020
13.73
10.03
2019
13.06
10.74
2018
-3.91
-3.17
2017
9.35
8.93
2016
5.69
3.67
2015
-4.35
-3.55
Life
Life performance as of 31-Jan-25
2.34
-
Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.
Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.
Important Performance Information
Class I1 Roll-Up shares do not pay distributions to shareholders.
The fund's investment policies changed to permit increased derivatives usage on 31 October 2014; performance shown before this date reflects the fund’s policies prior this change.
Pricing & Distributions
Pricing History
NAV at Close of Trading on:
06-Feb-25
Net Asset Value (NAV):
$143.11
Change
($) (since
05-Feb-25):
0.12
Change (%) (since
05-Feb-25):
0.08
Market Price (MP):
Maximum data displayed is for the most recent 10 years
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The Record Date is the date on which a fund declares a distribution. To receive the distribution, an investor must be a shareholder of record on that date.
The Payable Date is the date on which the distribution is paid to shareholders.
Dividend Rate per Share is the amount of dividend that a shareholder will receive for each share held. It can be calculated by taking the total amount of dividends paid and dividing it by the total shares outstanding.
Dividend Reinvestment at NAV is the automatic reinvestment of shareholder dividends in more shares at net asset value.
Ex-Dividend Date is the date on which a fund goes ex-dividend. The interval between the announcement and the payment of the next dividend. An investor must own the fund before the ex-dividend date to be eligible for the dividend payout.
There are no distributions for this share class or distributions are currently not available
Average Coupon: Average Coupon is the equivalent exposure weighted coupon of all interest bearing instruments as a percent of the total equivalent exposure of all fixed income holdings, including short term and interest rate derivatives which have coupons. Coupons are netted for securities with a payable and receivable leg. Non-accruing securities are treated as having a coupon equal to zero.
Average Effective Duration is a measure of how much a bond's price is likely to fluctuate with general changes in interest rates, e.g., if rates rise 1.00%, a bond with a 5-year duration is likely to lose about 5.00% of its value.
Average Effective Maturity is a weighted average of maturity of the bonds held in a portfolio, taking into account any prepayments, puts, and adjustable coupons which may shorten the maturity. Longer-maturity funds are generally considered more interest-rate sensitive than shorter maturity funds.
Yield to Worst: For fixed income securities, yield is the discount rate that equilibrates the net present value of all future cash flows to the current market value. Average Yield is the equivalent exposure weighted average yield to worst which is typically the lowest of the yields to each potential call or put or the yield to maturity, whichever is worst.
The Average Credit Quality (ACQR) is a market weighted average (using a linear scale) of securities included in the rating categories. For all securities other than those described below, ratings are assigned utilizing ratings from Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the consensus rating is assigned if applicable or the middle rating if not; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. If none of the 3 Rating Agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating is assigned. Other Not Rated includes other fixed income securities not rated by any rating agency. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). All ratings are subject to change. The portfolio itself has not been rated by any rating agency. The credit quality of a particular security or group of securities does not ensure the stability or safety of an overall portfolio. The quality ratings of individual issues/issuers are provided to indicate the credit-worthiness of such issues/issuer and generally range from AAA, Aaa, or AAA (highest) to D, C, or D (lowest) for S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch respectively.
As of
31-Dec-24
Data table of holding characteristics
characteristics
Fixed Earning
Number of Issues
359
Number of Issuers
255
Average Coupon
4.47
Average Effective Duration
6.15 yrs
Average Effective Maturity
9.25 yrs
Average Credit Quality of Rated Securities
BBB+
Performance Statistics
Alpha is a measure of the portfolio's risk-adjusted performance. When compared to the portfolio's beta, a positive alpha indicates better-than-expected portfolio performance and a negative indicates alpha worse-than-expected portfolio performance.
Beta is a measure of the volatility of a portfolio relative to the overall market. A beta less than 1.0 indicates lower risk than the market; a beta greater than 1.0 indicates higher risk than the market. It is most reliable as a risk measure when the return fluctuations of the portfolio are highly correlated with the return fluctuations of the index chosen to represent the market.
Information ratio is a measure of consistency in excess return. It is calculated by taking the annualized excess return over a benchmark and dividing it by the annualized standard deviation of excess return.
R squared represents the percentage of the portfolio's movements that can be explained by the general movements of the market. Index portfolios will tend to have values very close to 100. R squared is not a measure of performance.
The Sharpe Ratio is a risk-adjusted measure calculated to determine reward per unit of risk. It uses a standard deviation and excess return. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better the portfolio's historical risk-adjusted performance.
Standard Deviation is an indicator of the portfolio's total return volatility, which is based on a minimum of 36 monthly returns. The larger the portfolio's standard deviation, the greater the portfolio's volatility.
Tracking error is the standard deviation of a portfolio's excess returns. Excess returns are a portfolio's return minus the benchmark's annualized return.
Treynor Ratio: Treynor Ratio is a risk adjusted measure of performance. It is the ratio of the annualized excess return of the portfolio over the risk free rate for a given period divided by the Beta of the portfolio versus its benchmark for the same period. It measures the amount of excess return over the risk free rate earned per unit of systematic risk (beta) assumed.
Upside and downside capture is a measure of how well a manager was able to replicate or improve on phases of positive benchmark returns, and how badly the manager was affected by phases of negative benchmark returns. Upside capture ratio for a portfolio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during periods when the benchmark had a positive return and dividing it by the benchmark return during that same period. Downside capture ratio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during the periods of negative benchmark performance and dividing it by the benchmark return for that period.
Updated Monthly As of
31-Dec-24
Benchmark
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index
Performance Statistics Table
10 Yr.
5 Yr.
3 Yr.
Alpha
0.96
1.79
1.60
Beta
1.14
1.15
1.13
R-squared
97.48
97.90
97.87
Standard Deviation %
7.90
10.29
11.11
Sharpe Ratio
0.08
-0.14
-0.53
Tracking Error
1.58
2.00
2.06
Information Ratio
0.70
0.81
0.53
Treynor Ratio
0.58
-1.21
-5.18
Downside Capture %
105.10
103.80
105.11
Upside Capture %
116.29
118.10
115.64
Top 10 Holdings
As of
31-Dec-24
UST Bond 2Yr Future MAR 31 25
UST Bond 30Yr Future MAR 20 25
European Union RegS 1.625% DEC 04 29
UBS Group AG 144A FRB FEB 11 33
Ubisoft Entertainment SA RegS 0.878% NOV 24 27
B&M European Value Retail SA RegS 6.5% NOV 27 31
Nestle Finance International Ltd RegS 3.125% OCT 28 36
Euro BOBL Future MAR 06 25*
Euro Bund 10Yr Future MAR 06 25*
UST 10Yr Ultra Bond Future MAR 20 25*
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Exposures
Portfolio Structure (%)
As of
31-Dec-24
Investment Grade Corporates
72.86
U.S. Treasuries
9.24
High Yield Corporates
8.52
Emerging Markets Debt
8.00
Residential Mtg Backed
0.66
Non-U.S. Sovereigns
0.52
Municipals
0.44
Asset Backed
0.24
Cash & Cash Equivalents
0.96
Other1
-1.44
Credit Quality (%)
The Average Credit Quality (ACQR) is a market weighted average (using a linear scale) of securities included in the rating categories. For all securities other than those described below, ratings are assigned utilizing ratings from Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the consensus rating is assigned if applicable or the middle rating if not; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. If none of the 3 Rating Agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating is assigned. Other Not Rated includes other fixed income securities not rated by any rating agency. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). All ratings are subject to change. The portfolio itself has not been rated by any rating agency. The credit quality of a particular security or group of securities does not ensure the stability or safety of an overall portfolio. The quality ratings of individual issues/issuers are provided to indicate the credit-worthiness of such issues/issuer and generally range from AAA, Aaa, or AAA (highest) to D, C, or D (lowest) for S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch respectively.
As of
31-Dec-24
% of Total Net Assets
U.S. Government
0.29
AAA
3.65
AA
3.36
A
25.58
BBB
55.70
BB
6.25
B
2.35
CCC
0.38
D
0.25
Other Not Rated
2.19
Currency Weights (%)
As of
31-Dec-24
United States Dollar
64.74
Euro
26.47
British Pound Sterling
4.33
Canadian Dollar
2.49
Australian Dollar
0.95
Japanese Yen
0.58
Swiss Franc
0.34
New Zealand Dollar
0.05
Norwegian Krone
0.02
Swedish Krona
0.02
Important Characteristics Information
The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
Portfolio characteristics are based on equivalent exposure, which measures how a portfolio's value would change due to price changes in an asset held either directly or, in the case of a derivative contract, indirectly. The market value of the holding may differ.
*Short positions, unlike long positions, lose value if the underlying asset gains value.
1Other. Other consists of: (i) currency derivatives and/or (ii) any derivative offsets.
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