Fund facts
Statistics
As at 31 Aug 2023
Fund aim
The objective of the Fund is to provide a combination of growth and income above those of the Markit iBoxx Non-Gilt All stocks Total Return Index, the "Benchmark Index". The Fund is actively managed and aims to outperform the Benchmark Index by 1.15% per annum. This objective is before the deduction of any charges and measured over rolling three year periods. The Fund aims to deliver this objective while maintaining a lower weighted average carbon intensity than the Benchmark Index.
Benchmark
Fund snapshot
- What does it invest in? Invests predominantly in fixed income securities, including bonds and other debt instruments, issued in Sterling, Euro and US dollar by companies and governments.
- How does it invest? Actively managed, investing primarily in debt with an investment grade (lower risk) credit rating. May also invest in debt with a sub-investment grade (higher risk) credit rating or unrated bonds, as well as derivatives.
- Does it promote sustainability characteristics? The Fund promotes a range of environmental and social characteristics. Further information on how such characteristics are met by the Fund can be found in the Supplement.
Performance
Source: Lipper
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Performance for the Z GBP Acc unit class in GBP, launched on 13 March 2014. Source: Lipper. This fund has adopted a single swinging price, this means that on any given day the single dealing price will be set at either bid, offer or somewhere in between, based on whether there was a net inflow or outflow into or out of the Fund. The past performance depicted in this factsheet is based on that dealing price and therefore may appear more volatile than it would otherwise be if we were to show the notional bid or offer performance, this is as a result of the daily swing.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Markets could develop very differently in the future. It can help you to assess how the fund has been managed in the past. The tables and charts above shows the fund's performance as the percentage loss or gain per year over the last 10 years.
Performance for the Z GBP Dist unit class in GBP, launched on 26 March 2014. Source: Lipper. This fund has adopted a single swinging price, this means that on any given day the single dealing price will be set at either bid, offer or somewhere in between, based on whether there was a net inflow or outflow into or out of the Fund. The past performance depicted in this factsheet is based on that dealing price and therefore may appear more volatile than it would otherwise be if we were to show the notional bid or offer performance, this is as a result of the daily swing.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Markets could develop very differently in the future. It can help you to assess how the fund has been managed in the past. The tables and charts above shows the fund's performance as the percentage loss or gain per year over the last 10 years.
Performance for the Z USD (Unhedged) Acc unit class in USD, launched on 06 July 2018. Source: Lipper. This fund has adopted a single swinging price, this means that on any given day the single dealing price will be set at either bid, offer or somewhere in between, based on whether there was a net inflow or outflow into or out of the Fund. The past performance depicted in this factsheet is based on that dealing price and therefore may appear more volatile than it would otherwise be if we were to show the notional bid or offer performance, this is as a result of the daily swing.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Markets could develop very differently in the future. It can help you to assess how the fund has been managed in the past. The tables and charts above shows the fund's performance as the percentage loss or gain per year over the last 10 years.
Performance summary (%)
As at 31 Aug 2023
Cumulative | Fund | Benchmark |
1 month | -0.06 | 0.01 |
6 months | -1.24 | -0.30 |
Year to date | 0.45 | 0.97 |
3 years | -14.35 | -16.51 |
5 years | -2.17 | -5.93 |
Since launch | 23.65 | - |
Annualised | Fund | Benchmark |
1 year | -1.53 | -1.83 |
3 years | -5.03 | -5.84 |
5 years | -0.44 | -1.21 |
Since launch | 2.27 | - |
As at 30 Jun 2023
Cumulative | Fund | Benchmark |
Quarterly | -3.06 | -3.39 |
Year to date | -1.58 | -1.08 |
3 years | -15.24 | -17.73 |
5 years | -3.64 | -7.30 |
Since launch | 21.15 | - |
Annualised | Fund | Benchmark |
1 year | -5.53 | -6.93 |
3 years | -5.36 | -6.30 |
5 years | -0.74 | -1.50 |
Since launch | 2.08 | - |
Rolling 12-month performance to last quarter end (%)
12 months to 30 June | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | - | 7.00 | 10.81 | 3.96 | 0.75 | 6.17 | 7.07 | 4.31 | -13.98 | -5.53 |
Benchmark | - | 6.53 | 8.97 | 5.26 | 0.60 | 5.89 | 6.41 | 1.74 | -13.12 | -6.93 |
Calendar year performance (%)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | - | - | 1.04 | 10.99 | 4.37 | -1.79 | 10.35 | 9.65 | -1.53 | -17.43 |
Benchmark | - | - | 0.49 | 10.65 | 4.32 | -1.51 | 9.27 | 7.80 | -3.09 | -17.73 |
Monthly performance (%)
Annualised performance (%)
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | Since launch | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | -1.53 | -5.03 | -0.44 | 2.27 |
Benchmark | -1.83 | -5.84 | -1.21 | - |
Annualised performance (%)
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | Since launch | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | -5.53 | -5.36 | -0.74 | 2.08 |
Benchmark | -6.93 | -6.30 | -1.50 | - |
Portfolio
As at 31 Aug 2023. All data source LGIM unless otherwise stated. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Currency (%)
GBP | 93.3 | |
EUR | 3.4 | |
USD | 3.3 |
This is the currency breakdown before allowing for any hedging the fund may use. We aim to hedge the portfolio 100% back to the base currency.
Top 10 issuers | 41.3 | |
Rest of portfolio | 58.7 |
No. of issuers | 190 |
Top 10 issuers (%)
United Kingdom | 24.5 |
European Investment Bank | 3.3 |
BNP Paribas | 2.3 |
HSBC Holdings | 2.1 |
Credit Mutuel | 1.8 |
Lloyds Banking Group | 1.6 |
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 1.6 |
Svenska Handelsbanken | 1.4 |
National Grid | 1.3 |
Credit Agricole Group | 1.3 |
Fund Managers
Colin is co-Head of Global Fixed Income and has responsibility for the London based fixed income team as well as overall portfolio management responsibilities for our Global Credit and Absolute Return strategies. Colin joined LGIM in 2005 from Henderson Global Investors where he was Head of Investment Grade Credit Fund Management. He has over 30 years’ experience in bond markets, specialising in non-government debt, and he has previously worked for Henderson Global Investors, Scottish Widows and Scottish Amicable.
Matthew was appointed Head of Global Bond Strategies in September 2019. Prior to this he was co-head of the Euro credit portfolio management team, responsible for Euro-benchmarked and absolute return funds. He joined LGIM in March 2009 as a senior research analyst responsible for covering financial institutions and joined the Euro credit portfolio management team in February 2011. Prior to this Matthew spent three years as a Partner at Banquo Credit Management (a multibillion euro absolute return investment manager) and four years at UBS as Head of Financial Institutions Ratings Advisory. Matthew has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services and graduated from the University of York with a BA (hons) in English. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in 1996.
ColinReedie
MatthewRees
Sustainability-related Disclosures
SFDR categorisation: Article 8Article 8: These funds promote environmental and/or social characteristics
The Fund promotes the following environmental characteristics related to climate change:
- reduction of greenhouse gas emissions intensity;
- avoiding investments in certain fossil fuels; and
- support of better practices in energy consumption (or usage).
The Fund also promotes the following other environmental characteristics:
- support of biodiversity and responsible land use.
The Fund promotes the following social characteristics relating to social norms and standards:
- human rights, labour rights and anti-corruption as set out in the principles of the UN Global Compact; and
- avoiding the financing of controversial weapons.
No reference benchmark has been designated for the purpose of attaining the environmental or social characteristics promoted by the Fund.
Whilst environmental and social characteristics are promoted through the application of the sustainability-related investment strategy, investors are reminded that these environmental and social characteristics are not sustainable investment objectives.
The Fund seeks to implement LGIM’s Responsible Investment Framework which aims to provide a consistent and systematic approach to exclusions, refined criteria and thresholds for setting environmental and social characteristics with a defined terminology and approach to support the implementation of such characteristics across the financial products managed by LGIM.
The Responsible Investment Framework sets out the various types of investment strategies that LGIM’s financial products can follow and the responsible investing methodologies that explain how such investment strategies are defined and implemented.
The Fund follows the following sustainability-related investment strategy:
Carbon emissions intensity aims to measure the volume of carbon emissions of investee companies and/or countries in relation to the revenue they generate. It is intended as an indication of how exposed a portfolio is to high or low carbon intensity companies. The Fund aims to maintain at lower weighted average carbon emissions intensity than the Benchmark Index.
The Future World Protection List (‘FWPL’) consists of companies that fail to meet minimum standards of globally accepted business practices on sustainability, or our minimum requirements on the carbon transition. There are three components to the list:
- Companies that generate 20% or more of their revenues from involvement in mining and extraction of thermal coal, thermal-coal power generation and oil sands,
- Companies that are in breach of one or more principles of the United Nation Global Compact for a continuous period of three years (36 months) or more (that are considered persistent violators), or
- Companies involved in the manufacture and production of controversial weapons.
The Fund excludes investments in companies on FWPL. The list is monitored on an on-going basis and updated semi-annually. In order to determine the companies included on the list, we use data from a number of external ESG data providers.
Further information can be found at https://www.lgim.com/landg-assets/lgim/_document-library/capabilities/future-world-protection-list-public-methodology.pdf
The Fund excludes companies that fail to meet LGIM’s minimum requirements on climate change following engagement under Climate Impact Pledge (‘CIP’).
- The CIP maps out a large number of companies worldwide, in climate-critical sectors against key indicators. Using quantitative and qualitative measures, such companies are assessed under a traffic light system drawing on independent data providers and our pioneering climate modelling.
- Based on the results of engagement with these companies, LGIM uses escalating methods as necessary, which includes a period of engagement with companies and in the event that a company continues to make insufficient progress and fails to meet LGIM’s minimum standard expectation, may include sanction through voting and divestment.
- The CIP is monitored on an on-going basis and updated annually. The ESG data that is used in connection with the CIP is sourced from third-party data providers.
Further information can be found at Climate Impact Pledge overview
LGIM considers ESG factors when making investment decisions on behalf of the Fund which include a number of environmental and social factors, for example relating to:
- climate change
- water and waste
- supply chain
- environmental policies and controls
- labour rights, health and safety
- bribery and corruption.
The evaluation process starts with the identification of ESG factors using both top-down and bottom-up approaches. The top-down research analysis focuses on determining the resiliency of sectors on a macro level, while the bottom-up research process evaluates the ESG credentials of individual companies.
LGIM has developed a proprietary research tool called Active ESG View which brings together granular quantitative and qualitative ESG inputs. Active ESG View primarily uses third-party data from multiple different vendors which includes hundreds of ESG metrics (including data on carbon emissions, water and waste, environmental policies and controls, labour, health and safety, bribery and corruption) spanning 64 specific sectors and/or sub-sectors from a number of ESG data providers.
The quantitative inputs consist of two components:
- an ESG score calculated in Active ESG View which evaluates and scores issuers from an environmental, social and governance perspective, and
- a screening of investee companies in respect of their involvement in certain products and services, and certain controversies and violations of norms and standards. This screening, directly or indirectly, maps to some of the adverse sustainability indicators set out in Table 1 of Annex I of the Level 2 Measures.
LGIM sets minimum thresholds for both of these components in Active ESG View. These are then supplemented by LGIM’s qualitative assessment of the sustainability risks and opportunities relating to the relevant issuer. This qualitative assessment is performed by the Global Research and Engagement Groups (“GREGs”) which bring together representatives from LGIM’s investment and investment stewardship teams across regions and asset classes. Where issuers fail to meet either of the components of the quantitative assessment, and the GREGs have reviewed and agreed with the assessment through qualitative analysis, LGIM will seek to limit the Fund’s aggregate exposure to such issuers relative to their weights in the Benchmark Index.
The sustainability indicator that will be used in relation to the attainment of the environmental and social characteristics relating to this process will measure the aggregate overweight exposure to issuers that are not aligned with LGIM’s requirements for ESG factor evaluation compared to such issuers' weight in the Benchmark Index.
While the Fund promotes environmental and social characteristics within the meaning of Article 8 of the SFDR, it does not currently commit to investing in any “sustainable investments” within the meaning of the SFDR. Accordingly, it should be noted that the investments underlying the Fund do not take into account the EU criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities within the meaning of the Taxonomy Regulation.
While the Fund promotes environmental and social characteristics within the meaning of Article 8 of the SFDR, it does not currently commit to investing in any “sustainable investments” within the meaning of the SFDR.
Further information on LGIM's Sustainable Investment Methodology can be found here.
The Fund considers principal adverse impacts on sustainability factors and LGIM has identified a subset of the adverse sustainability indicators that are relevant to the Fund’s investments. The Fund considers principal adverse impacts, identified using the below listed sustainability indicators, through the implementation of the Fund’s ESG investment strategy.
- PAI 1: GHG emissions
- PAI 2: Carbon footprint
- PAI 3: GHG intensity of companies
- PAI 4: Exposure to fossil fuel companies
- PAI 5: Share of non-renewable energy
- PAI 6: Energy consumption intensity
- PAI 7: Activities negatively affecting biodiversity-sensitive areas
- PAI 8: Emissions to water
- PAI 9: Hazardous waste
- PAI 10: Companies violating UNGC/OECD
- PAI 11: Companies without policies on UNGC/OECD
- PAI 12: Unadjusted gender pay gap
- PAI 14: Controversial weapons
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Key risks
The value of an investment and any income taken from it is not guaranteed and can go down as well as up, you may not get back the amount you originally invested.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
This fund holds bonds that are traded through agents, brokers or investment banks matching buyers and sellers. This makes the bonds less easy to buy and sell than investments traded on an exchange. In exceptional circumstances the fund may not be able to sell bonds and may defer withdrawals, or suspend dealing. The Directors can only delay paying out if it is in the interests of all investors and with the permission of the fund depositary.
The fund invests directly or indirectly in bonds which are issued by companies or governments. If these companies or governments experience financial difficulty, they may be unable to pay back some or all of the interest, original investment or other payments that they owe. If this happens, the value of the fund may fall.
Prices of the ABS/MBS may be volatile, and will generally fluctuate due to a variety of factors that are inherently difficult to predict. In addition, the terms of the ABS/MBS may restrict its sale in particular circumstances.
The fund could lose money if any institution providing services such as acting as counterparty to derivatives or other instruments, becomes unwilling or unable to meet its obligations to the fund.
Derivatives are highly sensitive to changes in the value of the asset on which they are based and can increase the size of losses and gains.
The fund may have underlying investments that are valued in currencies that are different from sterling (British pounds). Exchange rate fluctuations will impact the value of your investment. Currency hedging techniques may be applied to reduce this impact but may not entirely eliminate it.
We may take some or all of the ongoing charges from the fund's capital rather than the fund's income. This increases the amount of income, but it reduces the growth potential and may lead to a fall in the value of the fund.
Investment returns on bonds are sensitive to trends in interest rate movements. Such changes will affect the value of your investment.
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