Natixis Brings Two Proven Loomis Sayles Bond Strategies to the ETF Wrapper

Two Approaches to Active Bond Investing

The Natixis Loomis Sayles Total Return Bond ETF (LSTB) follows an opportunistic, benchmark-agnostic approach that seeks opportunities across global fixed income markets.

Managed by the Loomis Full Discretion Team, the strategy emphasizes bottom-up credit research and flexible portfolio construction, allowing managers to allocate capital wherever they identify attractive risk-reward opportunities.

Rather than being constrained by a benchmark, LSTB can dynamically adjust credit and duration exposures as market conditions evolve. The flexibility allows the portfolio managers to take advantage of volatility and dislocations across sectors while pursuing enhanced yield and total return.

The Natixis Loomis Sayles Dynamic Core Plus ETF (LSCP), meanwhile, takes a benchmark-aware approach centered on outperforming the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The strategy combines traditional core fixed-income sectors such as government bonds and investment-grade credit with carefully selected allocations to sectors outside the benchmark.

LSCP uses top-down macroeconomic analysis to determine sector positioning, duration exposure, portfolio quality, and liquidity characteristics, while bottom-up fundamental research drives individual security selection.

Meeting Different Portfolio Needs

While both ETFs are actively managed, they are designed to serve different purposes within a fixed-income allocation.

LSTB is geared toward investors seeking a more flexible satellite holding that can complement a traditional core bond portfolio. Its unconstrained mandate gives managers broad discretion to navigate changing market environments and pursue opportunities across sectors, geographies, and credit profiles.

LSCP, by contrast, is designed to function as a core bond allocation. Anchored by the broad investment-grade market but enhanced with selective exposure beyond the benchmark, the strategy aims to provide a combination of income, diversification, and long-term excess return potential.

The launches come as investors increasingly turn to active fixed-income ETFs in search of greater flexibility and security selection opportunities. As interest rates, credit spreads, and economic conditions continue to shift, many investors are looking beyond passive bond exposure toward strategies that can actively adapt to evolving market conditions.

Bringing Established Strategies to the ETF Wrapper

The launch also highlights a broader trend across asset management: the migration of long-standing institutional and mutual fund strategies into ETFs.

“Advisors increasingly want access to proven investment strategies in the ETF wrapper,” said David Giunta, President and CEO of Natixis Investment Managers U.S. “These launches provide investors with additional ways to access two well-established investment approaches in a format that continues to gain traction among advisors and their clients.”

For investors seeking active management in fixed income, LSTB and LSCP offer two distinct approaches—one unconstrained and opportunistic, the other benchmark-aware and core-focused—built on the research capabilities and portfolio management experience of Loomis Sayles.

About the Natixis Investment Managers

Natixis Investment Managers is a global multi-affiliate asset manager with approximately $1.2 trillion in assets under management. Through a network of specialized investment managers, including Loomis, Sayles & Company, Harris | Oakmark, Gateway Investment Advisers, and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, the firm offers a broad range of actively managed investment solutions across asset classes and investment styles.

Please note this article is for information purposes only and does not in any way constitute investment advice. It is essential that you seek advice from a registered financial professional prior to making any investment decision.