Asset Preservation Advisors

A leading independent US municipal bond specialist. Asset Preservation Advisors had $10.7bn AUM at the end of March 2025.

Founded in 1989 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Asset Preservation Advisors (APA) specializes in managing high-quality tax-exempt and taxable municipal bond portfolios.

$10.7 bn

Assets under management (as of 31 March 2025)

2021

Became a Partner

1989

Founded

26

Employees

iMGP Funds

Fund Name Fund Inception Fund Size Asset Class SFDR
iMGP APA Enhanced Income Municipal Fund Dec 16, 2024 USD 18.0 mn Fixed Income +
  • Dedication to Municipal Bonds: Fund managers have 35 years of industry experience focused solely on municipal bond investing.
  • Bottom-Up Credit Selection: The strategy emphasizes internally generated, fundamental credit research to identify resilient, investment-grade municipal issuers, offering attractive return potential relative to risk.
  • Active and Flexible Portfolio Management: The team actively manages sector, state, and maturity exposures seeking to capitalize on mispricings and relative value opportunities across the muni market. The strategy focuses on lower investment-grade securities (A/BBB-rates) and will maintain an intermediate duration.
  • Internal Credit Ratings and Risk Monitoring: APA assigns proprietary credit ratings to over 4,000 issuers and continuously updates them based on financial disclosures, rating agency outlooks, and stress-testing issuer durability in downturns.
  • Top-Down Market Context: A macro overlay incorporating economic indicators, yield curve dynamics, and supply/demand conditions helps inform portfolio positioning and overall portfolio structure.
  • Disciplined Sell Criteria: The team exits positions when credit fundamentals deteriorate, valuations become stretched, or superior relative value emerges, seeking to balance long-term conviction with tactical flexibility.
ISIN Inception Date

Investment Approach

Asset Prevention Advisors believes that persistent pricing inefficiencies exist in the municipal bond market, especially in the secondary market where the firm can be nimbler. They seek to capitalize on these inefficiencies to identify investment opportunities and create value through rigorous credit research, active portfolio management and relative-value trading discipline.