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Global Short Dated High Yield Climate Transition Fund

A sub fund of Aegon Asset Management Investment Company (Ireland) Plc

ISIN: IE00BDCVTC65 SEDOL: BDCVTC6 SFDR Classification: Article 8

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Fund changes from 18 December 2023

Please note that following approval by shareholders to amend the investment policy and strategy of the sub-fund, these changes have now been made to the fund. The changes include applying enhanced ESG investment criteria, adding climate transition investment criteria and other enhancements. Please refer to the notice for a complete list of other investment policy changes.

A copy of the notice issued to investors to explain these changes can be found HERE along with a copy of the Post EGM Notice results in the Documents section below. Please note, this is an important document.

Prospective investors are advised to read this letter in advance of investing.

 

Fund description

The Aegon Global Short Dated High Yield Climate Transition Fund aims to deliver attractive financial returns and support investors’ ESG goals and climate ambitions. Our actively managed portfolio offers investors strong capital-preservation characteristics and attractive total return by investing in short-dated bonds. In addition to pursuing competitive financial returns, the fund will incorporate proprietary ESG and climate research to improve the fund’s ESG profile and increasingly invest in companies with credible climate transition plans. 

 

Distinguishing characteristics 

  • Flexible approach: Our approach aims to maximise the opportunity set and avoid unintended constraints imposed by a benchmark as we pursue competitive financial returns.
  • High-conviction selection: The team focuses on deep, fundamental credit analysis to build a high-conviction portfolio of best ideas from the bottom-up, supported by a structured top-down process.
  • Short-dated focus: Unlike other competitor funds, this fund only invests in bonds with a final legal maturity of less than 5.5 years. 
  • Comprehensive responsible investment approach: Leveraging our rich heritage of investing responsibly, we utilize proprietary ESG and climate research to build innovative investment solutions and actively engage with companies to pursue better outcomes. 

Fund details

Fund managers

Thomas Hanson, CFA

Thomas Hanson, CFA

Head of Europe High Yield

Thomas Hanson, head of European high yield, is a member of the global leveraged finance team.

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Mark Benbow

Mark Benbow

Portfolio Manager

Mark Benbow, portfolio manager, is a member of the global leveraged finance team. He specialises in high yield bonds and co-manages our global high yield strategies.

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Disclaimer

Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The fund is intended to be a medium to long-term investment and the principal risk is the loss of capital.

 

The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and is not guaranteed. Outcomes, including the payment of income, are not guaranteed.

 

Any investment objective, benchmark and yield information should not be considered as an assurance or guarantee of the performance of the fund or any part of it.


Fund Charges are taken from income but will be taken from capital where income is insufficient to cover charges. Please be aware that each fund presents its own risk profile. Before making an investment decision, please read the KIID for an explanation and refer to the prospectus for information about all relevant risks, including all material risks for this fund.

 

The KIID and Prospectus are available here on our website and also by calling our investor helpdesk on + 353 1 622 4493 or in writing from Citigroup Europe plc, PO Box 11167, Cardiff Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland.

 

Aegon Asset Management neither warrants, represents nor guarantees the contents of the information, nor does it accept any responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions or any inconsistencies herein.


Investors in the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands: A limited range of funds and share class have “Reporting Fund” status and more information about this status is contained in the full prospectus.