Credit Suisse High Yield Credit Fund is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It invests in the securities of companies across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in below-investment-grade corporate bonds with an average credit quality lower than BBB by Standard & Poor's and an average duration of 5.07 years. It focuses factors like financial condition, cash flow and borrowing requirements, value of assets in relation to cost, strength of management, responsiveness to business conditions, credit standing and anticipated results of operations to make its investments. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II Constrained Index. Credit Suisse High Yield Credit Fund was formed on July 31, 1998 and is domiciled in the United States.