Amundi, Europe’s leading asset manager, announced it has launched the Amundi Funds Global Bond Income, an actively managed sub-fund investing globally across broad range of fixed-income securities, including asset backed securities, government bonds, corporate bonds, and emerging market bonds.
The fund seeks to capitalise on the attractive levels of yields available in the market via an active and flexible investment approach and one that focuses on generating income which focusing on drawdown management. . To achieve its objective of providing sustained income to investors, the fund management team selects asset classes that deliver consistent and attractive yields. Managed by Grégoire Pesques, fund manager, CIO of Global Fixed Income at Amundi, the fund combines a top-down allocation between fixed income assets, leveraging the platform’s extensive range of expertise, with bottom-up securities selection and extensive credit research.
Amaury d’Orsay, head of the Fixed Income platform at Amundi, declared: “Amundi indeed boasts one of the most comprehensive and significant Fixed Income platforms in our industry. It covers core bonds, credit, foreign exchange, securitization, target maturity solutions, money market, private debt and structured products. With over €1trillion in assets under management and over 400 experts in this asset class, Amundi is among the leading asset managers worldwide.”
The Amundi Funds Global Bond Income seeks to increase the value of investment (mainly through income) over the 3 years recommended holding period, while achieving an ESG score greater than that of the investment universe. The sub-fund promotes ESG characteristics pursuant to Article 8 of the Disclosure Regulation. This includes favoring issuers with comparatively higher ESG scores and limiting or prohibiting exposure to issuers with controversial behaviors or products.
Amundi Funds Global Bond Income is available to all type of investors in 10 countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Singapore.
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