PIA Short Term Securities  PIASX
  Morningstar Report
Overall Morningstar
Rating™
What is this?
As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Ultrashort Bond Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
Morningstar®
Style Box™
What is this?
   Avg Duration
   0.90 Yrs
   Avg Credit Quality
   AAA
As of 2009-09-30
Day Change
$ 0.00
  
NAV (2009-11-20)
$ 10.12
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-20)
1.94%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
157
View Data Definitions
  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: PIA Short Term Securities
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Ultrashort Bond
Index: BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-20
Inception date: 1994-04-29 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-20
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 1.94 2.61 4.00 3.71 3.93 4.68
+/- Category -5.53 -1.95 3.23 1.88 0.86 ---
+/- BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD -4.97 -9.88 -2.45 -1.56 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 1.65 2.93 4.15 3.67 3.95 4.70
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 1.73 2.81 4.03 3.65 3.93 4.68
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 2.10 2.76 2.38 2.47 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 1.82 2.69 2.37 2.47 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 114 funds), (5 yrs : out of 101 funds), (10 yrs : out of 51 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is none.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
US Government 35.67
US Treasuries 11.72
TIPS 0.00
US Agency 23.95
Mortgage 13.83
Mortgage Pass-Thru 13.83
Mortgage CMO 0.00
Mortgage ARM 0.00
Credit 2.73
US Corporate 2.73
Asset-Backed 0.00
Convertible 0.00
Municipal 0.00
Corporate Inflation-Protected 0.00
Foreign 0.25
Foreign Corp 0.25
Foreign Govt 0.00
Cash 47.52
Bond Quality % of Bonds
AAA 95.7
AA 1.0
A 3.3
BBB 0.0
BB 0.0
B 0.0
Below B 0.0
Not Rated 0.0
 
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 47.4
Stocks 0.3
Bonds 52.3
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 0.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-09-30 Data through 2009-09-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 1 Turnover % 47
Total Number of Bond Holdings 72 30 Day SEC Yield % 3.93
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 37.94 ending as of 2009-09-30
View Data Definitions
Top 10 Holdings Maturity
Date
Amount
$000
Value
$000
% of Net
Assets
FNMA --- 12,000 11,976 7.64
FNMA --- 10,000 9,997 6.37
United States Treas Nts 1.5% 2012-07-15 9,000 9,048 5.77
Fidelity Instl MM Fds Government I --- 8,376 8,376 5.34
FNMA --- 7,500 7,497 4.78
US TREASURY NOTE 2010-10-31 6,000 6,069 3.87
FHLBA --- 5,000 5,000 3.19
US Treasury Note 4.875% 2011-07-31 3,000 3,221 2.05
FHLBA --- 3,000 2,988 1.91
FNMA FRN 2037-03-01 2,005 2,079 1.33
Data through 2009-09-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1994-04-29
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Bistra Pashamova  (1998-08-31)
B.A. Cum Laude in Economics and International Studies, Denison University (Presidential Medalist), and M.A. in Economics, research fellow, University of Southern California.
Evangelos Karagiannis  (2008-03-31)
Mr. Karagiannis is a portfolio manager and member of the Bond Strategy Group. Prior to joining PIA he served as a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of California at Los Angeles where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar. Evangelos earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Athens, Greece; and M.S., Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Lloyd McAdams  (2008-03-31)
McAdams is chairman and chief investment officer of Pacific Income Advisers, his employer since 1986. Previously, he spent five years as chair and chief investment officer at Security Pacific Investment Managers, and five years with Trust Company of the West, where he served as a vice president. McAdams holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, Chartered Investment Counselor designation, and Certified Employee Benefit Specialist designation.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-03-30)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 0.35
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-11-30)
Correspondence Information
Pacific Income Advisers
1299 Ocean Avenue, Second Floor
Santa Monica,  CA  90401
United States
Telephone:
800-251-1970
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
Show Data Definitions

© Copyright 2009 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. Morningstar, the Morningstar logo, Morningstar.com, Morningstar Tools are either trademark or service marks of Morningstar, Inc.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Returns will vary and shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold.