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Massmutual Total Return Bond Fund Class I (MSPZX)
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23/12 - Delayed Data. Currency in USD
- Morningstar Rating:
- Total Assets: 505.29M
MassMutual Select Total Return Bond I
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MSPZX Overview
On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Massmutual Total Return Bond Fund Class I. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of MSPZX among other information.
Investment Strategy
The investment seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a diversified portfolio of investment grade fixed income securities (rated Baa3 or higher by Moody's, BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor's, BBB- or higher by Fitch, or A-2 by S&P, P-2 by Moody's, or F-2 by Fitch for short-term debt obligations, or, if unrated, determined by the fund's subadviser, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC, to be of comparable quality).
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Top Executives
| Name | Title | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruben Hovhannisyan | Portfolio Manager | 2023 | Now |
| Biography | Mr. Hovhannisyan is an Associate Generalist Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income Group, a team that oversees over $180 billion in fixed income assets including the over $60 billion MetWest Total Return Bond Fund, one of the largest actively managed bond funds in the world. Prior to his current role, he served as a Senior Portfolio Analyst working alongside the Generalist Portfolio Managers. Mr. Hovhannisyan joined TCW from Metropolitan West Asset Management company, where he spent two years as a collateralized debt obligations specialist and member of the portfolio risk management group. Prior to joining MetWest in 2007, he was an associate at KPMG Structured Finance Group where he was engaged in various projects analyzing structured products. Mr. Hovhannisyan holds a BA in Business/Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a CFA charterholder. | ||
| Jerry Cudzil | Portfolio Manager | 2023 | Now |
| Biography | a portfolio manager of the Total Return Bond Fund. Mr. Cudzil, a Group Managing Director, is a Generalist Portfolio Manager for the U.S. Fixed Income Group. Previously, Mr. Cudzil was Head of Credit Trading, overseeing the U.S. Fixed Income Group’s trading of investment-grade corporate bonds, high-yield bonds, leveraged loans, and credit derivatives. Prior to joining TCW in 2012, Mr. Cudzil was a Yield Bond Trader for Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, specializing in project finance, aviation, and energy securities. He was previously a Portfolio Manager for Dimaio Ahmad Capital, managing the multi-strategy credit fund and aviation fund and leading the firm’s risk management team. Mr. Cudzil began his career as a Corporate Bond Trader for Prudential Securities and has also traded investment grade and high yield debt for Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. | ||
| Bryan T. Whalen | Managing Director | 2014 | Now |
| Biography | Mr. Whalen is Co-Chief Investment Officer and a Generalist Portfolio Manager in TCW’s Fixed Income Group, a team that oversees over $180 billion in fixed income assets including the over $60 billion MetWest Total Return Bond Fund, one of the largest actively managed bond funds in the world. Prior to joining TCW, Mr. Whalen was a Partner at Metropolitan West Asset Management and Co-head of its Securitized Products division. Prior to joining MetWest in 2004, he was a Director in the Fixed Income department at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Previously, he was a Vice President at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Whalen earned a BA in Economics from Yale University. He is a CFA charterholder. | ||
| Stephen M. Kane | Managing Director | 2014 | Now |
| Biography | Mr. Kane is Co-Chief Investment Officer and a Generalist Portfolio Manager in TCW’s Fixed Income Group, a team that oversees over $180 billion in fixed income assets including the over $60 billion MetWest Total Return Bond Fund, one of the largest actively managed bond funds in the world. Under his co-leadership, the MetWest investment team was recognized as Morningstar’s Fixed Income Manager of the Year for 2005. Mr. Kane has led the effort to launch a number of fixed income products, including AlphaTrak, Long Duration/LDI, Unconstrained, and Global. Prior to establishing MetWest, he was a fixed income portfolio manager at Hotchkis and Wiley. He also served as a Vice President at PIMCO. Mr. Kane earned a BS in Business from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a CFA charterholder. | ||
| Laird R. Landmann | Group Managing Director | 2014 | 2024 |
| Biography | Mr. Landmann is a Generalist Portfolio Manager in TCW’s Fixed Income Group, a team that oversees over $180 billion in fixed income assets including the over $60 billion MetWest Total Return Bond Fund, one of the largest actively managed bond funds in the world. He serves on the boards of the TCW and Metropolitan West Mutual Funds.Mr. Landmann currently co-manages many of TCW and MetWest’s mutual funds, including the MetWest Total Return Bond Fund, the MetWest High Yield Bond Fund and the TCW Core Fixed Income Fund, and leads the fixed income group’s risk management efforts. He is a leader of the MetWest investment team that was recognized as Morningstar’s Fixed Income Manager of the Year for 2005 and has been nominated for the award nine times. Prior to founding MetWest in 1996, Mr. Landmann was a principal and the co-director of fixed income at Hotchkis and Wiley. He also served as a portfolio manager and vice president at PIMCO.Mr. Landmann holds an AB in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. | ||
| Tad Rivelle | CIO (Chief Investment Officer - Fixed Income) | 2014 | 2021 |
| Biography | Tad Rivelle Group Managing Director Chief Investment Officer–Fixed Income Co-Director Fixed Income Tad Rivelle is Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income. Prior to joining TCW, Tad served as Chief Investment Officer for MetWest, an independent institutional investment manager that he cofounded. The MetWest investment team has been recognized for a number of performance related awards, including Morningstar’s Fixed Income Manager of the Year. Mr. Rivelle was also the co-director of fixed income at Hotchkis & Wiley and a portfolio manager at PIMCO. Tad holds a BS in Physics from Yale University, an MS in Applied Mathematics from University of Southern California, and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. | ||
| Mihir P. Worah | Deputy CIO | 2014 | 2014 |
| Biography | Mr. Worah is CIO Asset Allocation and Real Return and a managing director in the Newport Beach office. He is a member of the Investment Committee and the Executive Committee, and oversees portfolio management for the U.S. He is a generalist portfolio manager who manages a variety of fixed income, commodity and multi-asset portfolios. | ||
| Mark R. Kiesel | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2014 | 2014 |
| Biography | Mark R. Kiesel is CIO Global Credit at Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”) and a managing director in the Newport Beach office. He is a member of the Investment Committee, a generalist portfolio manager and the global head of corporate bond portfolio management. He joined PIMCO in 1996 and previously served as PIMCO’s global head of investment grade corporate bonds and as a senior credit analyst. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. | ||
| Scott A. Mather | Portfolio Manager | 2014 | 2014 |
| Biography | Mr. Mather is CIO U.S. Core Strategies and a managing director in the Newport Beach office. He is a member of the Investment Committee and a generalist portfolio manager. Mr. Mather also oversees ESG portfolio integration in the U.S. Previously he was head of global portfolio management. Before that, he led portfolio management in Europe, managed euro and pan-European portfolios and worked closely with many Allianz-related companies. He also served as a managing director of Allianz Global Investors KAG. Prior to these roles, Mr. Mather co-headed PIMCO's mortgage- and asset-backed securities. | ||
| William H. Gross | Portfolio Manager | 2010 | 2014 |
| Biography | Mr. Gross left PIMCO and joined Janus Capital Group in September 2014. Prior to joining Janus Capital, Mr. Gross was founder, managing director and co-CIO of PIMCO based in Newport Beach, CA. Mr. Gross founded PIMCO in 1971 and oversaw the management of more than $1.8 trillion in asstes. He is the author of numerous articles on the bond market, as well as the book, "Everything You’ve Heard About Investing is Wrong," published in 1997. Morningstar named Mr. Gross and his investment team Fixed Income Manager of the Decade for 2000-2009 and Fixed Income Manager of the Year for 1998, 2000, and 2007 (the first three-time recipient). He received the Bond Market Association’s Distinguished Service Award in 2000 and became the first portfolio manager inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society's hall of fame in 1996. Mr. Gross is a seven-time Barron's Roundtable panelist (2005-2011), appearing in the annual issue featuring the industry's top investment experts, and he received the Money Management Lifetime Achievement Award from Institutional Investor magazine in 2011. In a survey conducted by Pensions and Investments magazine in 1993, he was recognized by his peers as the most influential authority on the bond market in the U.S. He has 43 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Gross received his undergraduate degree from Duke University. | ||
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