About CCRSX
Credit Suisse Trust Commodity Return Strategy Portfolio is a mutual fund focused on providing investors with broad-based exposure to the commodities markets. Its primary objective is to achieve a positive total return relative to the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return, which encompasses futures contracts on 23 physical commodities, including energy, agriculture, livestock, and various metals. The portfolio accomplishes this goal by investing in commodity-linked derivative instruments—such as structured notes and swaps—rather than directly holding physical commodities. To support these derivatives, the fund maintains a collateral portfolio of short-maturity, investment-grade fixed income securities, predominantly U.S. Treasuries and government agency securities, typically with an average duration of one year or less.
This strategy offers investors an accessible avenue to the global commodities sector, supporting portfolio diversification beyond traditional equity and fixed income holdings. Managed by UBS Asset Management, the fund’s structure is non-diversified, meaning it may focus a larger proportion of assets in fewer issuers, potentially leading to greater volatility. The fund is widely used in variable annuities and other investment vehicles seeking alternative asset exposure, and it plays a notable role in providing inflation hedging and diversification for institutional and individual portfolios.
Fund Family Credit Suisse (New York, NY)
Category Commodities Broad Basket
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol CCRSX
Share Class Class 1
Index Bloomberg Commodity TR
