Bloomberg Surveillance · Tuesday, August 11, 2026
PIMCO's short-term fund management, launched in 1987, focuses on active management with an emphasis on capital preservation, liquidity management, and returns potentially exceeding money market yields. They stress transparency and avoid the "triple leverage" approach seen in some products.
“For us. When we think about short term, it's really active management zero to five years focused on capital preservation, liquidity management, and ultimately returns which can be above a money market fund type of yield.”
“How do you respond to funds that try to goose it with leverage like the triple leverage doll catch one?”
“Well, I think I think that's actually a really important, really important construct. It's leverages one aspect, treating things as golden assets triple A assets when there's obviously different mechanics in it. Are also in that we look at triple A colos great products, but they're not necessarily a money market surrogate. Yet we see them branded oftentimes as a money market equivalent.”