PYARX — Payden Absolute Return Bond Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-22
PYARX — Payden Absolute Return Bond Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Total / Aggregate Bond · $613.56M AUM · 0.71% expense ratio · 4.4% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
PYARX Fund Overview
PYARX — Payden Absolute Return Bond Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Payden & Rygel Investment Group, categorised as Long Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Payden & Rygel Investment Group
- Category: Long Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $613.56M
- 1-year return: 4.4%
- Ticker: PYARX
- SEC CIK: 0000885709
- SEC series ID: S000047032
- Share class ID: C000146994
PYARX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Payden Absolute Return Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Payden & Rygel Investment Group (the) | 4.78% |
| Ishares Trust | 1.89% |
| United Mexican States - Secretaria De Hacienda Y Credito Publico | 1.73% |
| Brazil, Federative Republic Of - Secretaria Do Tesouro Nacional | 1.27% |
| Peru, Republic Of - Direccion General De Credito Publico | 1.23% |
| Payden & Rygel Investment Group (the) | 1.09% |
| Hungary, Republic Of - Ministry Of Finance | 0.78% |
| South Africa, Republic Of - National Treasury | 0.72% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.70% |
| EMRLD Borrower LP | 0.66% |
PYARX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Payden Absolute Return Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Securitized | 42.7% |
| Fixed Income | 38.2% |
| Loans | 12.1% |
| Equity | 6.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.1% |
PYARX Performance
Total returns for PYARX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.4% |
| 1 year | 4.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 5.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.4% |
PYARX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PYARX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.3%
PYARX Costs and Fees
PYARX costs about $71 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.71%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.79%
- Portfolio turnover: 176%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.23 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PYARX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Payden Absolute Return Bond Fund had net outflows of $9.42M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $33.05K |
| 2026-03 | −$45.96M |
| 2026-02 | −$5.95M |
| 2026-01 | $2.95M |
| 2025-12 | $4.40M |
| 2025-11 | $28.62M |
PYARX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Payden Absolute Return Bond Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United Mexican States - Secretaria De Hacienda Y Credito Publico | 1.73% |
| Brazil, Federative Republic Of - Secretaria Do Tesouro Nacional | 1.27% |
| Peru, Republic Of - Direccion General De Credito Publico | 1.23% |
| Hungary, Republic Of - Ministry Of Finance | 0.78% |
| South Africa, Republic Of - National Treasury | 0.72% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.70% |
| Romania, Republic Of - Ministry Of Finance | 0.61% |
| Ghana, Republic Of | 0.58% |
| Mks, Inc. | 0.52% |
| Clearway Energy Operating LLC | 0.51% |
PYARX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Payden Absolute Return Bond Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.