Thornburg Strategic Municipal Income Fund - Thornburg Investment Management

FREEDOM TO INVEST ANYWHERE ALONG THE YIELD CURVE OR CREDIT SPECTRUM

Thornburg Strategic Municipal Income Fund is a broadly flexible national municipal portfolio with the freedom to invest at any point along the yield curve, anywhere along the credit spectrum. It is not a laddered portfolio, but is managed opportunistically, assuming a measured amount of additional risk in pursuit of a high level of tax-exempt current income and higher total return.

“This fund has the broadest mandate of any of our municipal bond funds, which allows the fund to ‘go where the value is.’ We leverage our focus on fundamental, bottom-up credit analysis—a skill long ignored by the municipal bond market but now back in favor—to take advantage of these opportunities.”

— Nicholos Venditti

DEFINED BY FLEXIBILITY

The strategy is defined by its flexibility. We have the ability to invest anywhere along the yield curve, depending upon our perception of where the greatest relative value for a given level of risk lies. Terms range from overnight to around 40 years.

We also enjoy the flexibility to invest anywhere along the credit spectrum and can place up to 50% of the portfolio in non-investment-grade bonds.

MANAGED OPPORTUNISTICALLY

The fund is managed opportunistically, with the aim of capturing the most compelling opportunities the markets have to offer.

USING THORNBURG’S BOTTOM-UP, FUNDAMENTALS-FOCUSED STYLE

We employ the same fundamental, bottom-up research and the same buy/sell discipline as do the Thornburg core bond funds—with a dip further down the credit spectrum. A smaller number of issuers mandates a rigorous degree of credit research to which Thornburg Investment Management is uniquely equipped to conduct.

BROADER OPPORTUNITY SET THAN SOME GENERAL MUNICIPAL FUNDS

With the flexibility to invest anywhere along the yield curve and anywhere along the credit spectrum, the fund has the ability to capture a broader set of opportunities than some general municipal funds, which may be more restricted in their investment universe. While we enjoy that flexibility, we do not abandon credit work in pursuit of yield.

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