Global Opportunistic Bond Fund
Effective April 30, 2021, changes were made to the fund's strategy, benchmark, and portfolio management. The fund's new strategy has increased flexibility to invest in below investment grade securities. Please see the fund's prospectus for more information.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
Seeks total return with an emphasis on current income, but also considering capital appreciation.
INVESTMENT FOCUS
A flexible and adaptable approach to risk allocation seeks to generate attractive long-term risk-adjusted returns.
An integrated research approach identifies inefficiencies in global risk markets.
The Portfolio primarily invests in investment-grade bonds from across the globe.
Fund Information
- Fund Commencement 06/02/2010
- Net Assets ($ M) As of 12/31/24 $1026.40
- Fiscal Year End NOVEMBER
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Benchmark
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (USD Hedged)
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed income markets.
Share Class Information
- Class Inception 06/02/2010
- Net Asset Value (NAV) As of 01/16/25 $8.08
- Most Recent NAV Change As of 01/16/25 $0.02 | 0.25%
- Fund Number 1843
- Maximum Sales Charge --
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Gross Expense Ratio
0.71%
Gross Expense Ratio: The Gross Expense Ratio is the fund's total operating expense ratio from the fund's most recent prospectus.
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Net Expense Ratio
0.70%
Net Expense Ratio: The Net Expense Ratio reflects the reduction of expenses from contractual fee waivers and reimbursements. Elimination of these reductions will result in higher expenses and lower performance.
These reductions will continue until at least 03/31/25
MANAGERS
Top 10 Holdings
- UST Bond 2Yr Future MAR 31 25
- Euro BOBL Future MAR 06 25
- Japan Government Thirty Year Bond 2.4% DEC 20 34
- Canadian Bond 5Yr Future MAR 20 25
- Korea Treasury Bond 1.875% JUN 10 29
- CNY IRS 5Yr Receiver 1.645 NOV 18 29
- UST Bond 5Yr Future MAR 31 25
- Korea Treasury Bond 1.375% JUN 10 30
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro REGS 1.45% MAR 01 36
- Euro Bund 10Yr Future MAR 06 25*
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.
International: Investments in foreign markets can involve greater risk and volatility than U.S. investments because of adverse market, currency, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, or other conditions.
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.
Mortgage-backed: Mortgage-backed securities can be subject to prepayment and/or extension and therefore can offer less potential for gains and greater potential for loss.
Please see the prospectus for further information on these and other risk considerations.
Robert Spector, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
Robert Spector, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager for the Global Aggregate Core, Core Plus, Opportunistic, Canadian Core Plus and Canadian Long Plus fixed income strategies at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he is responsible for fina buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk assessment and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. He serves on MFS' Fixed Income Strategy, Fixed Income Risk and Opportunities, and Global Rates and Currency committees. Robert joined the firm in 2005 as a portfolio manager focused on Canadian fixed income strategies and took on additional portfolio management responsibilities in 2017. His previous positions include head of Canadian economics and strategy and also senior economist and strategist at Merrill Lynch; financial economist at BMO Nesbit Burns; and associate editor and research analyst at BCA Research Group. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1993. Robert earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with great distinction as a University Scholar from McGill University and a Master of Arts degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Pilar Gomez-Bravo, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
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.
Neeraj Arora, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Neeraj Arora, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager for MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is co-manager of the firm's emerging markets debt strategies, which include both US dollar--denominated and local currency strategies, as well as dedicated emerging market debt portfolios within several multi-asset fixed income strategies at the firm. Before joining MFS in 2011, Neeraj worked as an economist and sovereign research analyst for six years on the emerging market fixed income team at J.P. Morgan. Neeraj earned a bachelor's degree from Marquette University and a master's degree in economics from Georgetown University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Ward Brown, CFA, Ph.D.
Portfolio Manager
Ward Brown, CFA, Ph.D., is an investment officer and fixed-income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is a member of the Emerging Markets Debt team, and his management duties include MFS' emerging market debt strategies and institutional accounts in addition to conducting macroeconomic research and individual credit analysis.
Ward joined MFS in 2005 as a fixed-income research analyst and was named portfolio manager in 2008. Prior to joining MFS, he served as an economist for the International Monetary Fund for eight years. Ward spent four years as a research and teaching assistant for the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics and Political Science and later served as a lecturer at the school in the Economics Department.
Ward earned his bachelor's degree from McGill University and holds master's and doctoral degrees in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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.
Philipp Burgener, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Philipp S. Burgener, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is part of the portfolio management teams for the limited maturity strategy as well as the US and global opportunistic fixed income strategies and serves as the leader of MFS' structured product team. Philipp assumed his portfolio manager role in 2017. He first joined the structured product team in 2003 as a research associate and became a research analyst in 2005. Prior to that, he served as a quantitative research associate. He joined MFS in 2000 in a sales role. Philipp earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and a Master of Science degree from Boston University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of CFA Society Boston.
David Cole, CFA
Portfolio Manager
David P. Cole, CFA, is an investment officer of MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is also a co-portfolio manager of the firm's high-yield portfolios.
David joined MFS in 2004 after working for five years as a high-yield analyst for Franklin Templeton Investments. Before that, he served as a financial economist/Treasury market analyst for Thomson Financial Services and an economist for Standard and Poor's.
David has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 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.
Andy Li, CFA
Portfolio Manager
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
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.
Michael Skatrud, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Michael Skatrud, CFA, is an investment officer and 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. Michael joined MFS in 2013 as a fixed income analyst and was named a portfolio manager in 2018. He previously worked for Columbia Management, where he was as a high yield analyst for four years. Before that, he was a senior credit analyst at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. for two years and spent seven years as a corporate bond analyst at Putnam Investments. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1996. Michael earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics with distinction from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Boston.
Erik Weisman, Ph.D.
Portfolio Manager
Erik S. Weisman, Ph.D., is an investment officer, chief economist and fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). As chief economist, he provides a broad-based view of major economic trends impacting financial markets and economic policy, serving as a thought leader for MFS clients and the firm's investment team as well as in the media. He manages the firm's US and global inflation-adjusted, global total return and global government strategies and chairs both the Fixed Income Strategy Group and the Global Rates and Currency Group. He is also a member of the Risk Opportunities Group and the Macro-Micro Group. Erik joined the firm in 2002 as a global sovereign fixed income research analyst. He assumed portfolio management responsibilities in 2003 and was named chief economist in 2015. Previously, he served for two years as assistant to the US executive director of the International Monetary Fund and for two years as an international economist in the Office of Central and Eastern Europe of the US Department of the Treasury. Erik earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns (%)
Important Performance Information
Performance information prior to December 1, 2014, reflects time periods when the fund had (i) a policy of focusing its investments on debt instruments of U.S. and foreign governments and (ii) a policy permitting the fund to invest up to 100% of its assets in less than investment grade quality debt instruments (lower quality debt instruments). The fund's investment policies and strategies changed effective December 1, 2014.
Performance information prior to April 30, 2021, reflects time periods when the fund (i) had a policy of primarily investing in investment grade quality debt instruments and (ii) did not have a policy to engage in a currency hedging strategy to primarily expose the fund to the U.S. dollar. The fund's investment policies and strategies changed effective April 30, 2021.
Sales Charges
Class I shares are available without a sales charge to eligible investors.
Annual Rate of Return (%)
As of 12/31/24 | Benchmark: Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (USD Hedged)| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At NAV | -4.25 | 2.59 | 7.76 | -2.05 | 8.55 | 10.90 | -2.98 | -10.95 | 8.65 | 2.69 |
| Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (USD Hedged) | 1.02 | 3.95 | 3.04 | 1.76 | 8.22 | 5.58 | -1.39 | -11.22 | 7.15 | 3.40 |
| At NAV | Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (USD Hedged) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.69 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 8.65 | 7.15 |
| 2022 | -10.95 | -11.22 |
| 2021 | -2.98 | -1.39 |
| 2020 | 10.9 | 5.58 |
| 2019 | 8.55 | 8.22 |
| 2018 | -2.05 | 1.76 |
| 2017 | 7.76 | 3.04 |
| 2016 | 2.59 | 3.95 |
| 2015 | -4.25 | 1.02 |
Pricing History
- NAV at Close of Trading on: 01/16/25
- Net Asset Value (NAV): $8.08
- Change ($) (since 01/15/25 ): 0.02
- Change (%) (since 01/15/25 ): 0.25
- Market Price (MP):
Historical NAV may not be available for all dates.
Historical MP may not be available for all dates.
Distribution Rates (%)
The distribution rates are computed by annualizing the current distribution rate per share (excluding short-term capital gains), and dividing the result by the public offering price (for the distribution rate including sales charge) or net asset value (for the distribution rate not including sales charge) at the end of the business day.
The distribution rates are computed by annualizing the current distribution rate per share (excluding short-term capital gains), and dividing the result by the public offering price (for the distribution rate including sales charge) or net asset value (for the distribution rate not including sales charge) at the end of the business day.
As of 12/31/24
| Charges | Distribution Rate |
| Not Including Sales Charges | 3.19 |
30-Day SEC Yield (%)
The SEC yield is higher than the distribution yield in part due to unusual market conditions. These conditions may not be repeated in the future.
The fund's 30-day yield is based on the yield of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividend paid by the fund, which may differ.
The SEC yield is higher than the distribution yield in part due to unusual market conditions. These conditions may not be repeated in the future.
The fund's 30-day yield is based on the yield of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividend paid by the fund, which may differ.
As of 12/31/24
| Wavier | Yield Value |
| Without Waiver | 3.66 |
| With Waiver | 3.68 |
Distributions
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.
Long-term Capital Gain
The gain on the sale of a capital asset where the holding period was more than 12 months and the profit was subject to the long-term capital gains tax.
(Source: Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms)
Short-term Capital Gain
For tax purposes the profit realized from the sale of securities or other capital assets held for less than 12 months. Short-term gains are taxable at ordinary income rates to the extent they are not reduced by offsetting capital losses.
(Source: Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms)
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.
Long-term Capital Gain The gain on the sale of a capital asset where the holding period was more than 12 months and the profit was subject to the long-term capital gains tax. (Source: Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms)
Short-term Capital Gain For tax purposes the profit realized from the sale of securities or other capital assets held for less than 12 months. Short-term gains are taxable at ordinary income rates to the extent they are not reduced by offsetting capital losses. (Source: Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms)
Updated Daily As of 01/17/25
| Record Date | Ex-Date | Payable Date | Type of Earnings | Rate per Share (US$) | Reinvestment NAV (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/24 | 12/31/24 | 12/31/24 | Dividend | 0.02159 | 8.11 |
| 11/29/24 | 11/29/24 | 12/02/24 | Dividend | 0.02157 | 8.21 |
| 10/31/24 | 10/31/24 | 11/01/24 | Dividend | 0.02163 | 8.11 |
| 09/30/24 | 09/30/24 | 10/01/24 | Dividend | 0.02162 | 8.29 |
| 08/30/24 | 08/30/24 | 09/03/24 | Dividend | 0.02157 | 8.21 |
| 07/31/24 | 07/31/24 | 08/01/24 | Dividend | 0.02156 | 8.13 |
| 06/28/24 | 06/28/24 | 07/01/24 | Dividend | 0.02156 | 7.98 |
| 05/31/24 | 05/31/24 | 06/03/24 | Dividend | 0.02154 | 7.94 |
| 04/30/24 | 04/30/24 | 05/01/24 | Dividend | 0.02157 | 7.90 |
| 03/28/24 | 03/28/24 | 04/01/24 | Dividend | 0.02156 | 8.09 |
| 02/29/24 | 02/29/24 | 03/01/24 | Dividend | 0.02306 | 8.01 |
| 01/31/24 | 01/31/24 | 02/01/24 | Dividend | 0.02557 | 8.09 |
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Overview
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
Seeks total return with an emphasis on current income, but also considering capital appreciation.
INVESTMENT FOCUS
A flexible and adaptable approach to risk allocation seeks to generate attractive long-term risk-adjusted returns.
An integrated research approach identifies inefficiencies in global risk markets.
The Portfolio primarily invests in investment-grade bonds from across the globe.
Fund Information
- Fund Commencement 06/02/2010
- Net Assets ($ M) As of 12/31/24 $1026.40
- Fiscal Year End NOVEMBER
-
Benchmark
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (USD Hedged)
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed income markets.
Share Class Information
- Class Inception 06/02/2010
- Net Asset Value (NAV) As of 01/16/25 $8.08
- Most Recent NAV Change As of 01/16/25 $0.02 | 0.25%
- Fund Number 1843
- Maximum Sales Charge --
-
Gross Expense Ratio
0.71%
Gross Expense Ratio: The Gross Expense Ratio is the fund's total operating expense ratio from the fund's most recent prospectus.
-
Net Expense Ratio
0.70%
Net Expense Ratio: The Net Expense Ratio reflects the reduction of expenses from contractual fee waivers and reimbursements. Elimination of these reductions will result in higher expenses and lower performance.
These reductions will continue until at least 03/31/25
MANAGERS
Top 10 Holdings
As of 12/31/24- UST Bond 2Yr Future MAR 31 25
- Euro BOBL Future MAR 06 25
- Japan Government Thirty Year Bond 2.4% DEC 20 34
- Canadian Bond 5Yr Future MAR 20 25
- Korea Treasury Bond 1.875% JUN 10 29
- CNY IRS 5Yr Receiver 1.645 NOV 18 29
- UST Bond 5Yr Future MAR 31 25
- Korea Treasury Bond 1.375% JUN 10 30
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro REGS 1.45% MAR 01 36
- Euro Bund 10Yr Future MAR 06 25*
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.
International: Investments in foreign markets can involve greater risk and volatility than U.S. investments because of adverse market, currency, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, or other conditions.
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.
Mortgage-backed: Mortgage-backed securities can be subject to prepayment and/or extension and therefore can offer less potential for gains and greater potential for loss.
Please see the prospectus for further information on these and other risk considerations.
Robert Spector, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
32YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
9YEARS WITH PORTFOLIORobert Spector, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager for the Global Aggregate Core, Core Plus, Opportunistic, Canadian Core Plus and Canadian Long Plus fixed income strategies at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he is responsible for fina buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk assessment and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. He serves on MFS' Fixed Income Strategy, Fixed Income Risk and Opportunities, and Global Rates and Currency committees. Robert joined the firm in 2005 as a portfolio manager focused on Canadian fixed income strategies and took on additional portfolio management responsibilities in 2017. His previous positions include head of Canadian economics and strategy and also senior economist and strategist at Merrill Lynch; financial economist at BMO Nesbit Burns; and associate editor and research analyst at BCA Research Group. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1993. Robert earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with great distinction as a University Scholar from McGill University and a Master of Arts degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Pilar Gomez-Bravo, CFA
Lead Portfolio Manager
VIEW FULL PROFILE28YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
10YEARS WITH PORTFOLIOPilar 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.
Neeraj Arora, CFA
Portfolio Manager
20YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2YEARS WITH PORTFOLIONeeraj Arora, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager for MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is co-manager of the firm's emerging markets debt strategies, which include both US dollar--denominated and local currency strategies, as well as dedicated emerging market debt portfolios within several multi-asset fixed income strategies at the firm. Before joining MFS in 2011, Neeraj worked as an economist and sovereign research analyst for six years on the emerging market fixed income team at J.P. Morgan. Neeraj earned a bachelor's degree from Marquette University and a master's degree in economics from Georgetown University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Ward Brown, CFA, Ph.D.
Portfolio Manager
29YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
4YEARS WITH PORTFOLIOWard Brown, CFA, Ph.D., is an investment officer and fixed-income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is a member of the Emerging Markets Debt team, and his management duties include MFS' emerging market debt strategies and institutional accounts in addition to conducting macroeconomic research and individual credit analysis.
Ward joined MFS in 2005 as a fixed-income research analyst and was named portfolio manager in 2008. Prior to joining MFS, he served as an economist for the International Monetary Fund for eight years. Ward spent four years as a research and teaching assistant for the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics and Political Science and later served as a lecturer at the school in the Economics Department.
Ward earned his bachelor's degree from McGill University and holds master's and doctoral degrees in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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.
Philipp Burgener, CFA
Portfolio Manager
25YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
4YEARS WITH PORTFOLIOPhilipp S. Burgener, CFA, is an investment officer and fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is part of the portfolio management teams for the limited maturity strategy as well as the US and global opportunistic fixed income strategies and serves as the leader of MFS' structured product team. Philipp assumed his portfolio manager role in 2017. He first joined the structured product team in 2003 as a research associate and became a research analyst in 2005. Prior to that, he served as a quantitative research associate. He joined MFS in 2000 in a sales role. Philipp earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and a Master of Science degree from Boston University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of CFA Society Boston.
David Cole, CFA
Portfolio Manager
31YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
4YEARS WITH PORTFOLIODavid P. Cole, CFA, is an investment officer of MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). He is also a co-portfolio manager of the firm's high-yield portfolios.
David joined MFS in 2004 after working for five years as a high-yield analyst for Franklin Templeton Investments. Before that, he served as a financial economist/Treasury market analyst for Thomson Financial Services and an economist for Standard and Poor's.
David has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 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.
Andy Li, CFA
Portfolio Manager
19YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
6YEARS WITH PORTFOLIOAndy 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
25YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
2YEARS WITH PORTFOLIOJay 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.
Michael Skatrud, CFA
Portfolio Manager
29YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
4YEARS WITH PORTFOLIOMichael Skatrud, CFA, is an investment officer and 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. Michael joined MFS in 2013 as a fixed income analyst and was named a portfolio manager in 2018. He previously worked for Columbia Management, where he was as a high yield analyst for four years. Before that, he was a senior credit analyst at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. for two years and spent seven years as a corporate bond analyst at Putnam Investments. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1996. Michael earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics with distinction from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Boston.
Erik Weisman, Ph.D.
Portfolio Manager
27YEARS WITH INDUSTRY
10YEARS WITH PORTFOLIOErik S. Weisman, Ph.D., is an investment officer, chief economist and fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). As chief economist, he provides a broad-based view of major economic trends impacting financial markets and economic policy, serving as a thought leader for MFS clients and the firm's investment team as well as in the media. He manages the firm's US and global inflation-adjusted, global total return and global government strategies and chairs both the Fixed Income Strategy Group and the Global Rates and Currency Group. He is also a member of the Risk Opportunities Group and the Macro-Micro Group. Erik joined the firm in 2002 as a global sovereign fixed income research analyst. He assumed portfolio management responsibilities in 2003 and was named chief economist in 2015. Previously, he served for two years as assistant to the US executive director of the International Monetary Fund and for two years as an international economist in the Office of Central and Eastern Europe of the US Department of the Treasury. Erik earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University.
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Performance
Performance
Average Annual Total ReturnsAverage Annual Total Returns (%)
These results represent the percent change in net asset value.Monthly | Quarterly As of 12/31/24 (*YTD Updated Daily, As of 01/16/25 , subject to revision and not annualized.)Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate so your shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than the original cost; current performance may be lower or higher than quoted.Important Performance Information
Performance results reflect any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. Without such subsidies and waivers the fund's performance results would be less favorable. All results are historical and assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.Performance information prior to December 1, 2014, reflects time periods when the fund had (i) a policy of focusing its investments on debt instruments of U.S. and foreign governments and (ii) a policy permitting the fund to invest up to 100% of its assets in less than investment grade quality debt instruments (lower quality debt instruments). The fund's investment policies and strategies changed effective December 1, 2014.
Performance information prior to April 30, 2021, reflects time periods when the fund (i) had a policy of primarily investing in investment grade quality debt instruments and (ii) did not have a policy to engage in a currency hedging strategy to primarily expose the fund to the U.S. dollar. The fund's investment policies and strategies changed effective April 30, 2021.
Sales Charges
Class I shares are available without a sales charge to eligible investors.
Annual Rate of ReturnAnnual Rate of Return (%)
As of 12/31/24 | Benchmark: Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (USD Hedged)annual rate of return table 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 At NAV -4.25 2.59 7.76 -2.05 8.55 10.90 -2.98 -10.95 8.65 2.69 Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (USD Hedged) 1.02 3.95 3.04 1.76 8.22 5.58 -1.39 -11.22 7.15 3.40 At NAV Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index (USD Hedged) 2024 2.69 3.4 2023 8.65 7.15 2022 -10.95 -11.22 2021 -2.98 -1.39 2020 10.9 5.58 2019 8.55 8.22 2018 -2.05 1.76 2017 7.76 3.04 2016 2.59 3.95 2015 -4.25 1.02 Pricing & DistributionsPricing History
- NAV at Close of Trading on: 01/16/25
- Net Asset Value (NAV): $8.08
- Change ($) (since 01/15/25 ): 0.02
- Change (%) (since 01/15/25 ): 0.25
- Market Price (MP):
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Distribution Rates (%)
The distribution rates are computed by annualizing the current distribution rate per share (excluding short-term capital gains), and dividing the result by the public offering price (for the distribution rate including sales charge) or net asset value (for the distribution rate not including sales charge) at the end of the business day.
As of 12/31/24
Charges Distribution Rate Not Including Sales Charges 3.19 30-Day SEC Yield (%)
The SEC yield is higher than the distribution yield in part due to unusual market conditions. These conditions may not be repeated in the future.
The fund's 30-day yield is based on the yield of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividend paid by the fund, which may differ.As of 12/31/24
Wavier Yield Value Without Waiver 3.66 With Waiver 3.68 Distributions
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.
Long-term Capital Gain The gain on the sale of a capital asset where the holding period was more than 12 months and the profit was subject to the long-term capital gains tax. (Source: Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms)
Short-term Capital Gain For tax purposes the profit realized from the sale of securities or other capital assets held for less than 12 months. Short-term gains are taxable at ordinary income rates to the extent they are not reduced by offsetting capital losses. (Source: Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms)
Updated Daily As of 01/17/25
Record Date Ex-Date Payable Date Type of Earnings Rate per Share (US$) Reinvestment NAV (US$) 12/31/24 12/31/24 12/31/24 Dividend 0.02159 8.11 11/29/24 11/29/24 12/02/24 Dividend 0.02157 8.21 10/31/24 10/31/24 11/01/24 Dividend 0.02163 8.11 09/30/24 09/30/24 10/01/24 Dividend 0.02162 8.29 08/30/24 08/30/24 09/03/24 Dividend 0.02157 8.21 07/31/24 07/31/24 08/01/24 Dividend 0.02156 8.13 06/28/24 06/28/24 07/01/24 Dividend 0.02156 7.98 05/31/24 05/31/24 06/03/24 Dividend 0.02154 7.94 04/30/24 04/30/24 05/01/24 Dividend 0.02157 7.90 03/28/24 03/28/24 04/01/24 Dividend 0.02156 8.09 02/29/24 02/29/24 03/01/24 Dividend 0.02306 8.01 01/31/24 01/31/24 02/01/24 Dividend 0.02557 8.09 Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please consult your tax advisor for further information.