Investment objective & strategy
As of Feb. 27, 2026 · prospectusObjective. First Eagle High Yield Municipal Completion Fund (High Yield Municipal Completion Fund or the Fund) seeks to provide high current income exempt from regular federal income taxes.
Strategy. To pursue its investment objective, the First Eagle High Yield Municipal Completion Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in municipal bonds that pay interest that is exempt from regular federal personal income tax. Such municipal bonds may include obligations issued by U.S. states and their subdivisions, authorities, instrumentalities and corporations, as well as obligations issued by U.S. territories that pay interest that is exempt from regular federal personal income tax. The Fund may invest in all types of municipal bonds, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and participation interests in municipal leases. The Fund may invest without limit in securities that generate income taxable to those shareholders subject to the … To pursue its investment objective, the First Eagle High Yield Municipal Completion Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in municipal bonds that pay interest that is exempt from regular federal personal income tax. Such municipal bonds may include obligations issued by U.S. states and their subdivisions, authorities, instrumentalities and corporations, as well as obligations issued by U.S. territories that pay interest that is exempt from regular federal personal income tax. The Fund may invest in all types of municipal bonds, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and participation interests in municipal leases. The Fund may invest without limit in securities that generate income taxable to those shareholders subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. Assuming the position pays interest income that is exempt from regular federal personal income tax, the Fund can count relevant derivative positions towards its 80% of assets allocation and, in doing so, values each position at the price at which it is held on the Funds books (generally market price, but anticipates valuing each such position for purposes of assessing compliance with this test at notional value in connection with new rules requiring that treatment). While the Fund may invest in securities with any time to maturity, the Fund is a long-term bond fund and, as such, will generally maintain, under normal market conditions, an investment portfolio with an overall weighted average maturity of greater than 10 years. A debt instruments duration is a way of measuring a debt instruments sensitivity to a potential change in interest rates. The Fund invests significantly in lower-quality municipal bonds and may employ effective leverage through investments in inverse floaters, tender option bonds, total return swaps, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, credit default swap indices, a line of credit, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements. While the Fund may invest in securities with any investment rating, under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 65% of its net assets in low- to medium- quality bonds rated BBB/Baa or lower at the time of purchase by at least one independent rating agency or, if unrated, judged by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. In doing so, the Fund may invest in below investment grade municipal bonds (those rated BB+/Ba1 or lower), commonly referred to as high yield or junk bonds. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in defaulted municipal bonds. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in municipal securities whose interest payments vary inversely with changes in short-term tax-exempt interest rates (Inverse Floaters). The Funds investments in Inverse Floaters are designed to increase the Funds income and returns through this leveraged exposure. The Fund may invest in Inverse Floaters that create effective leverage of up to 30% of the Funds total investment exposure. Generally, the underlying bonds of the Inverse Floaters in which the Fund invests will be investment grade bonds, though the Fund may invest in Inverse Floaters without regard to the credit ratings of the underlying bonds of the Inverse Floaters. The Adviser uses a bottom-up fundamental analysis to screen for issuers that meet its investment teams fundamental tests of creditworthiness. The Advisers investment team favors those issuers with attractive return potential from a combination of price improvement and yield through solid coverage of debt service and a priority lien on hard assets, dedicated revenue streams or tax resources. Inputs into the investment teams analysis include credit analysis, security structure, sector analysis and yield curve positioning. Factors that the Advisers investment team considers in constructing and assessing the Funds portfolio and in analyzing the Funds exposure to sectors is described further below. In deciding whether to sell a security, the Adviser considers various factors related to the market and the portfolio, which may include whether: a security has become overvalued; the Adviser detects credit deterioration or modifies its portfolio strategy, such as sector and/or state allocations; or a security exceeds the portfolios diversification targets. While the municipal issuers in which the Fund invests may be located in the same geographic area or may pay their interest obligations from revenue of similar projects, such as hospitals, airports, utility systems and housing finance agencies, as of the date of this prospectus, the Fund does not expect that it will have significant exposure to any particular geographic area or any particular type of project. The Fund may invest in cash and cash equivalents, including U.S. treasuries, money market funds, variable rate demand notes or municipal bond-focused exchange-traded funds. The Fund may invest in zero coupon bonds. The Fund may also invest (typically for hedging purposes or to manage the effective maturity or duration of the Funds portfolio or for speculative purposes in an effort to increase the Funds yield or to enhance returns) in derivative instruments such as options, futures contracts and options on futures contracts, and interest rate swaps. The Fund may purchase securities that have been privately placed but that are eligible for purchase and sale under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act) (restricted securities). That rule permits certain qualified institutional buyers, such as the Fund, to trade in privately placed securities that have not been registered for sale under the 1933 Act. For more information about the High Yield Municipal Completion Funds principal investment strategies, please see the More Information about the Funds Investments section.
Top holdings
As of Oct. 31, 2025 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan US Government Money Market Fund | — | $915.55K | 6.14% |
| New York Counties Tobacco Trust IV, Series A | — | $656.24K | 4.40% |
| City of Celina TX | — | $635.81K | 4.26% |
| RI H and E BLDG CO 5.625% 7/1/2065 | — | $622.98K | 4.18% |
| BERKS PA MUN AU 3% 6/30/2044 | BERFAC | $567.51K | 3.81% |
| CHICAGO IL BRD OF EDU REGD OID B/E 7.00000000 | CHIEDU | $519.33K | 3.48% |
| Public Finance Authority, Series 2024 A | — | $498.70K | 3.34% |
| San Jacinto Unified School District | — | $485.56K | 3.26% |
| City of Galesburg, Series 2021 A | — | $473.34K | 3.17% |
| PHOENIX IDA STU 5% 7/1/2059 | — | $470.63K | 3.16% |
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| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of February 27, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of October 31, 2025, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
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