Laddered Fixed Income
For wealth managers
Our laddered strategies provide a systematic and customizable approach for income-oriented investors.
Parametric’s Laddered Fixed Income strategies give investors the opportunity to adjust to rising interest rates and improve yields. These strategies aim to deliver predictable income and preserve investor capital, with the option to harvest tax losses on an ongoing basis.
TABS Municipal Ladders
Our municipal laddered strategies allow for rules-based, equal-weighted allocation across the yield curve, customized for state or national exposure.
Corporate Ladders
Our corporate laddered strategies allow for rules-based, equal-weighted allocation across the yield curve, customized for credit quality.
Parametric Tax Optimized Ladders
Looking across corporate bonds and municipal bonds, we aim to purchase the highest-yielding securities based on the investor’s tax situation to create a laddered portfolio that best fits their needs.
Treasury Ladders
We seek to deliver predictable cash flow and capital preservation from high-quality US Treasuries.
How it works
Bond funds expose investors to interest rate risk and fluctuating returns, while individual bonds can lock investors into maturities. Bond laddering is a dynamic strategy that provides predictable income and benefits from rising interest rates.
To build a laddered portfolio of corporates or municipals, we equally weight investment-grade bonds by maturities along a defined segment of the yield curve. As bonds mature, their proceeds are reinvested into longer maturities, which typically have higher yields. Through continuous reinvestment in longer-dated bonds, the overall portfolio benefits from higher income during periods of rising rates.


ADVISOR TOOL
Laddered Interest Rate Scenario Tool
Discover the impact of changing interest rates on laddered municipal and corporate bond portfolios.
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Why choose Parametric?
$389B
Total firm in AUM
$47.8B
Fixed income AUM
24
Fixed income professionals
10+
Years of average manager tenure
As of 12/31/2022
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Intended benefits of laddered bond portfolios

Access
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Execution
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Using proprietary technology, our size and scale allows us to buy and sell bonds at attractive prices. We aggregate client transactions to execute efficient and cost-effective trades.

Oversight
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Our in-house analysts and strategists perform extensive research to select securities and monitor for credit risks.

Tax efficiency
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Investors can embrace year-round tax-loss harvesting, allowing us to aim for enhanced after-tax returns.
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Interesting Times: Exploring the Three Rs of Fixed Income


by Bernie Scozzafava, Director, Quantitative Research and Portfolio Management; Evan Rourke, Director, Portfolio Management
December 19, 2022
What do the three Rs of fixed income investing tell us about what to expect? We see signs of stabilization ahead.