Strategy
Investment Objective
To maximise the value of its shares through both growth in the value of, and income from, its investments. The fund invests mainly in a diversified portfolio of bonds of all types from emerging market issuers.Investment Approach
- Focus primarily on hard currency sovereign debt, with smaller strategic allocation to corporate debt, and tactical allocation to local currency debt.
- Integrate proprietary credit research and relative value analysis.
- Establish independent credit rating at the country and corporate issuer level.
- Add value through active country allocation and individual security selection decisions.
- Limit risk through diversification.
- Employs a long-term investment horizon, and manages risk through diversification.
- Environmental, social and governance ("ESG") factors with particular focus on those considered most likely to have a material impact on the performance of the holdings or potential holdings in the funds’ portfolio are assessed. These ESG factors, which are incorporated into the investment process alongside financials, valuation, macro-economics and other factors, are components of the investment decision. Consequently, ESG factors are not the sole driver of an investment decision but are instead one of several important inputs considered during investment analysis.
Portfolio Construction
- Diversified portfolio structure: typically 100-150 issuers
- Duration bands: managed within +/- 1 year of the benchmark
- Average credit quality: BB
- Country exposure will range between 0% and a maximum of 10% over the benchmark
- Expected tracking error: 200-400 bps
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.