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TCW Core Plus Bond Fund
LU0905645874
CLASS IU (USD)
100.00 19/04/2013
A diversified Investment Grade bond fund
An Investment Grade bond fund benchmarked to the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, actively managed by credit specialists with a bottom-up and value approach. The objective of TCW Core Plus is to beat its benchmark by investing in a broad range of segments across the fixed income universe, such as US treasuries debt, Investment Grade, High Yield, and securitized debt.
Relative duration from its benchmark does not deviate more than 1 year (+/-) and the portfolio is highly diversified with a high average credit quality (always between A and AAA). In addition, the fund is categorized as Article 8 by SFDR regulation. TCW Core Plus provides diversification with an emphasis on capital preservation.
Bryan
Whalen
Co-CIO,
Generalist PM
Ruben
Hovhannisyan
Group MD,
Generalist PM
Jerry
Cudzil
Group MD,
Generalist PM
Potentially lower rewards
Potentially higher rewards
PERFORMANCE
Historical monthly returns (in %)
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | YTD | |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.7 | 1.7 | -0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 6.3 | |||
| 2024 | -0.1 | -1.8 | 1.0 | -3.0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | -3.0 | 1.3 | -2.1 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | -2.9 | 3.0 | 0.5 | -1.3 | -0.6 | 0.1 | -0.7 | -3.0 | -2.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
| 2022 | -2.1 | -1.2 | -2.8 | -4.1 | 0.5 | -2.1 | 2.9 | -3.1 | -5.0 | -1.5 | 3.9 | -0.4 | -14.3 |
| 2021 | -0.6 | -1.4 | -1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 | -1.3 |
| 2020 | 2.0 | 1.6 | -0.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | -0.6 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 8.8 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.5 | -0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | -1.0 | -0.9 | 0.6 | -0.7 | 0.8 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -0.7 | -0.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | -0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.7 | -2.0 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| 2015 | 1.9 | -0.8 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.9 | 0.6 | -0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 6.1 |
| 2013 | 0.4* | -1.8 | -2.3 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | -0.6 | -2.4 |
*Since inception (April 19th 2013) to December 31st 2013.
Figures based on month-end NAVs
Statistics (in %) as of 30 sep 2025
| Performance | Risk | |||||||
| 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y | 3Y | Since inception | Annualized volatility | Max DD | |
| Fund | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 15.7 | 25.1 | 5.1 | -18.3 |
First NAV : 19Apr2013 – NAV at inception : USD 100.
All figures based on month-end NAVs. Risk data calculated since inception.
Information
| Fund Type | Luxembourg SICAV – UCITS |
| Income treatment | Accumulation / Distribution, according to classes |
| Launch date | 19 April 2013 |
| Base currency | USD |
| Available currencies | USD EUR, GBP, CHF (hedged & unhedged) |
| Manager | TCW Investment Management Company LLC www.tcw.com |
| Quotation (NAV calcultation) | Daily (business days) |
| Administrator | Société Générale, Luxembourg Branch |
| Subscription/Redemption | Day D, cut-off 5pm CET |
| Management fee | 0.40% p.a. for classes I 0.80% p.a. for classes A |
| Performance fee | None |
| Min. initial investment | Class A : None Class I : USD 1 mio or equivalent |
| Lock-up | None |
| Commercial fees (entry/exit) | None |
| Custodian bank | Société Générale, Luxembourg Branch |
| Auditors | Deloitte Audit |
| Swiss legal representative | Acolin Fund Services AG |
| Registration for distribution | BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LU (as per shares) – Contact us |
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