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Metzler/Payden Joint Venture

As a valuable addition to a well-diversified portfolio, we offer additional investment opportunities through our Metzler/Payden Joint Venture. The US asset manager Payden & Rygel specializes in active management of bond, balanced and equity strategies. These strategies include Emerging Market Bonds, Absolute Return Investing, Investment Grade Corporate Bonds, High Yield Bonds and Global/US Equity Income.

The Payden Global Bond fund receives a Scope award

Scope Award 2023: Best Fund Bonds Global Currency

The fund was recognized at the Scope Awards 2023 on November 17, 2022 for its successful investment approach. It received an award in the category "Fixed Income Global Currencies" for Switzerland. 

The Scope analysts cited the fund's convincing performance as one of the main reasons for their decision. The fund, a portfolio of investment-grade debt securities with fixed or variable interest rates, also achieved impressive returns over the long term. Among other things, it sets itself apart from the competition by investing in cash bonds instead of derivatives.

More information on the awards is available from Scope.

About Metzler/Payden

Joint Venture Metzler/Payden

Metzler/Payden: combining expertise

In order to offer its clients additional diversification capabilities, Metzler Bank and the US asset manager Payden & Rygel founded the Metzler/Payden LLC Joint Venture, a Los Angeles-based C-Corp, in 1998. Payden & Rygel, founded in 1983, is now one of the largest independent investment managers in the United States with approximately USD 119 billion assets under management for institutional and private clients.


Both venture partners always maintain their independence, which is an important feature of the joint venture. Our independence allows us to place the interests of our clients at the center of our activities at all times. This includes neutral advice that is tailored exclusively to the client's individual needs.

Investment philosophy: active and fundamental

Payden & Rygel's management is active and investment decisions are based solely on fundamental analysis. The expert teams do not rely exclusively on macro or sector trends to enhance performance. By moving away from traditional benchmarks, Payden & Rygel retains a high degree of flexibility in identifying attractively valued assets. The result is a "best ideas" portfolio based on decades of experience. A risk management system that has proven itself even in extreme market phases is integrated into the portfolios. This gives European investors access to asset classes that are globally diversified and offer additional return potential.

Payden & Rygel's environmental, social & governance (ESG) strategy aims to discover and monitor the risks and opportunities that do not appear in traditional financial statements but that we believe are significant for future investment performance. This mission is supported by three important beliefs. First, we do not view ESG as an ethical or moral overlay which is secondary to the investment process. Second, ESG factors are relevant in our process to the extent they are likely to affect investment performance. And third, consistent and comparable ESG data is essential for responsible determination of credit risk and materiality.

Metzler/Payden investment strategies

Our portfolio management focuses its selection process on titles that offer attractive risk-adjusted returns and are undervalued relative to other titles with equal duration and/or rating.

  • Payden Absolute Return Investing
  • Payden Emerging Market Debt
  • Payden High Yield
  • Payden Global Corporate Bonds
  • Payden Global and US Equity Income

Your personal contact partner

Joannis Karathanasis, Managing Director, Metzler/Payden, LLC
Joannis Karathanasis

Managing Director Metzler/Payden, LLC

Our address in Germany

Joint Venture Metzler/Payden
Metzler Asset Management GmbH

Metzler/Payden
Untermainanlage 1
60329 Frankfurt /Main