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"Generational municipal yield spikes driven by tighter monetary policy and heavy infrastructure debt issuance create premier entry points in prepaid energy and agency-backed housing bonds."
BBH Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund experienced severe headwinds during the third quarter of 2026 as broad fixed income markets endured a historic selloff. For the quarter, Class I shares returned -4.60% net of fees, outperforming the Bloomberg 1-15 Year Blend Municipal Index return of -5.09% by 50 basis points. Year to date, Class I generated -2.75% net of fees versus the benchmark's -3.77%, an outperformance of 102 basis points. Relative resilience was driven by disciplined valuation of callable bonds, avoiding artificial yields whose effective durations spiked, and exposure to niche structures. The portfolio ended the period with an effective duration of 5.32 years, a yield to maturity of 4.79%, and a cash and cash equivalent balance of 1.1%. The municipal bond market faced extreme volatility driven by a sharp shift in monetary policy, significant federal debt issuance, tariff concerns, and the ongoing Iran conflict. In September, the Federal Reserve under Chair Kevin Warsh unanimously raised policy rates by 25 basis points to 3.75%, concluding its two-year easing cycle amidst persistent inflation pressures. Across the curve, municipal yields jumped over 110 basis points, driving the broader municipal market to its worst quarter in 35 years. Meanwhile, heavy municipal supply reached $491 billion year to date, fueled by large-scale infrastructure investments including utility expansions responding to surging artificial intelligence data center power demands. Management capitalized on elevated spreads and high absolute yields to add durable paper across municipal subsectors. Active purchases focused on floating-rate prepaid energy transactions yielding +120 to +160 basis points over benchmark, backed by institutions such as Royal Bank of Canada, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Bank of America. The fund also expanded positions in agency-backed housing debt, purchasing 3-to-6-year PAC single-family bonds and Freddie Mac-guaranteed multifamily bonds at spreads approaching 100 basis points. Additional deployments included four-year put bonds from San Antonio's electric and gas utility, two-year put paper from Waste Management at +100 basis points, and high-grade New York state and local revenue bonds.
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