Fixed income

Buy and Maintain Credit

Our Buy and Maintain credit strategies aim to deliver a sustainable stream of income over a long investment horizon to match cashflow requirements of insurers, defined benefit pensions schemes and other institutional investors.

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About our Buy and Maintain credit strategies

Our Buy and Maintain strategies focus on capturing the credit risk premium from investment grade issuers through well-diversified portfolios that span across a range of geographies, sectors, and issuers, while aiming to avoid defaults and minimising turnover.

The team invest in high-quality corporate bonds on a hold to maturity basis to enhance yield compared to cash or government bonds whilst targeting a fixed cashflow profile. To mitigate risk concentration we apply limits to ensure that our clients are not overexposed at the issuer, sector or geographic levels.

Our global credit research team is aligned to the objectives of our Buy and Maintain portfolios. Every bond in the portfolio is fully underwritten on its issuer’s creditworthiness by an experienced credit research analyst to seek to minimise the risk of defaults. We also fully integrate sustainability considerations into the research process. This has included the adoption of SFDR Article 81 standards and a proprietary net zero protocol.

Our strategies are highly diversified in structure with continuous monitoring of credit fundamentals to proactively get ahead of potential risks. 

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  • Footnotes

    Under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, Article 8 funds are defined as those which promote environmental and/or social characteristics.

    Investment risks

    For complete information on risks, refer to the legal documents.

    The value of investments and any income will fluctuate (this may partly be the result of exchange-rate fluctuations) and investors may not get back the full amount invested.

    The strategy will invest in derivatives (complex instruments) which will result in leverage and may result in large fluctuations in value. Debt instruments are exposed to credit risk which is the ability of the borrower to repay the interest and capital on the redemption date. Investments in debt instruments which are of lower credit quality may result in large fluctuations in value. Changes in interest rates will result in fluctuations in value.

    Important Information

    Data as at 31 January 2024, unless otherwise stated.

    This is marketing material and not financial advice. It is not intended as a recommendation to buy or sell any particular asset class, security or strategy. Regulatory requirements that require impartiality of investment/investment strategy recommendations are therefore not applicable nor are any prohibitions to trade before publication.

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