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Key documents
Objective
The BlueBay Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund is designed to invest in predominantly investment grade issuers globally, combined with environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.1
Sustainability-related disclosure
The BlueBay Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund (the Fund) is actively managed and its objective is to generate a total return in excess of the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporate Index USD Hedged via well-researched security selection with a strong focus on capital preservation. There are no restrictions on the extent to which the Fund's portfolio and performance may deviate from the ones of the benchmark.
The Fund’s benchmark (Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporate Index USD Hedged) does not implement any of the ESG specific considerations which apply to the fund and is therefore used for performance comparison only.
Fund specific risks
- At times, the market for investment grade bonds may dry up, which could make it difficult to sell these bonds, or the fund may only be able to sell them at a discount
- There may be cases where an organisation with which we trade assets or derivatives (usually a financial institution such as a bank) may be unable to fulfil its obligations, which could cause losses to the fund
- RBC BlueBay's ESG analysis can rely on input from external providers. Such data may be inaccurate or incomplete or unavailable and RBC BlueBay could assess the ESG risks of securities held incorrectly
- RBC BlueBay could suffer from a failure of its processes, systems and controls – or from such a failure at an organisation on which we rely in order to deliver our services – which could lead to losses for the fund
This is a marketing communication. There are several risks associated with investing in this product. Please refer to the prospectus of the fund and to the KIID available on this website before making any final investment decisions.
1. Certain investment strategies, asset classes, exposure and security types do not integrate ESG factors, including but not limited to money market, buy-and maintain, passive, and certain third-party sub-advised strategies or certain currency or derivative instruments. Different strategies that integrate ESG factors will be at varying stages of implementation. Please read a fund's prospectus or offering memorandum for further details.
Investment approach
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The Fund invests predominantly in fixed income securities issued by investment grade companies from around the world
- Our high-quality, proprietary credit analysis identifies underlying trends and market themes, which we express by taking active overweight and underweight positions relative to the benchmark
Market opportunity
We have extensive experience of investing in the credit default swap markets - this is one of a number of techniques employed both to deliver strong absolute returns and manage the overall risk within the portfolio
The fund is globally diversified and currency risk is hedged back to the base currency
Andrzej Skiba
Head of US Fixed Income, BlueBay Senior Portfolio Manager
Andrzej joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in February 2005 and, following the alignment of BlueBay's US business with RBC GAM-US in November 2021, is responsible for the US fixed income investment team based in Minneapolis (MN) and Stamford (CT). In 2013, Andrzej moved to the US from London to oversee the buildout of global investment grade capability. This followed a period from 2009, where he was a BlueBay portfolio manager responsible for corporate investments within BlueBay's IG strategies. Andrzej spent his first four years at BlueBay as a credit analyst covering the TMT, utilities and retail sectors for the Investment Grade team. Prior to BlueBay, Andrzej worked for Goldman Sachs as a credit analyst covering European investment grade telecom, media and utility sectors. Andrzej holds a BSc (Hons) in Management and International Business Economics from UMIST and is a CFA charterholder.
Marc Stacey
BlueBay Senior Portfolio Manager, Investment Grade
Marc is a BlueBay Senior Portfolio Manager within the Investment Grade team focusing on non-sovereign debt and specialising in financials. Marc started at BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in June 2004 as an operations analyst before joining the Investment Grade Debt Team in March 2006 as a trader. He moved to his current role in January 2011. As a lead portfolio manager, Marc has been instrumental in driving the success of the European IG credit strategies as well as the peer-leading performance of the Financial Capital Bond Fund. Prior to BlueBay, Marc spent two years at CSFB focusing on credit derivatives. He holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) in Economics and Finance from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Tom Moulds
BlueBay Senior Portfolio Manager, Investment Grade
Tom is a Managing Director and a BlueBay Senior Portfolio Manager within the Investment Grade team. His focus is on European non-sovereign debt for which he manages BlueBay's European Corporate Strategy, including a flagship mutual fund and several bespoke mandates. Tom joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in December 2005 and the Investment Grade team in July 2007. He has been instrumental in driving the success of the European IG credit strategy, both in absolute return and benchmark portfolios, as well as developing the growing number of buy-and-maintain strategies. More recently, Tom's focus has been the launch of the Capital Income Fund and the Impact-Aligned Strategy in line with growing investor demand for sustainable investment funds. His knowledge of financial software development and programming has been integral in tailoring BlueBay's information systems to assist with active portfolio management. Prior to BlueBay, he worked as a financial analyst at the UK head office of Schneider Electric. Tom holds a BSc degree in Mathematics from the University of Wales, Swansea, and is a CFA charterholder.
Neil Sun
BlueBay Portfolio Manager, Investment Grade
Neil is a BlueBay Portfolio Manager within BlueBay's Investment Grade team and joined the firm in March 2014. Prior to joining BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management), Neil worked at BlackRock in their Client Analytics Group, as an associate. Neil graduated Summa Cum Laude from Baruch College with a BA degree in Finance and Investments. Neil is a CFA charterholder.