M* Fund Spy article
"Mihir Worah had big shoes to fill when he took over running Pimco's suite of real return funds in 2008. Predecessor John Brynjolfsson launched the first of them in early 1997, when inflation-indexed Treasury bonds were first issued. They were unpopular, and it was nearly 10 years before there were enough Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities funds to form a dedicated category. By the time Brynjolfsson stepped down, though, he had become synonymous with TIPS investing and Pimco's real return business had become a juggernaut."
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