Spectrum Asset Management is a world-leading manager of preferred securities, with over US$13.4 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2011. Spectrum was founded in 1987 and has been a wholly owned and independently run affiliate of Principal Global Investors, a member of the Principal Financial Group®, since 2001. Spectrum has a team of seventeen dedicated investment professionals and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.
Spectrum manages portfolios of preferred securities for an international universe of corporate, pension fund, insurance and endowment clients, open-end and closed-end mutual funds domiciled in the United States, Ireland and Japan, and separately managed account programs for high net worth individual investors sponsored by a variety of broker-dealers.
Spectrum has produced a record of strong performance by consistently implementing its fundamental credit-based investment philosophy, leveraging its expertise in capital structure analysis and employing and retaining its experienced team of investment professionals. |
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January 11, 2012
Preferred Market Update - 4Q 2011
December 23, 2011
Rating Agency Revisions Continue
December 1, 2011
Global Bank Debt Ratings Actions Come As No Surprise
January 4, 2012
Yields on BofA Trust Preferreds Tempt Investors, Bloomberg
February 7, 2011
Strategies for Investing in Preferred Securities, an Interview with L. Phillip Jacoby, The Wall Street Transcript
September 29, 2010
Treasury to Sell $2.2 Billion Citigroup Bailout Trups, Bloomberg
September 8, 2010
Spectrum Asset Calls on Fed to Block Banks' TruPS Redemptions Until 2013, Bloomberg
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