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Euro credit total return

Flexible euro credit strategy navigating diverse market conditions with high conviction investments. It targets risk-adjusted returns through active, dynamic allocation.

The opportunity

Our Euro Credit Total Return strategy is flexible and actively managed designed to navigate varying market conditions. With no benchmark constraints, the strategy invests across the full spectrum of euro-denominated fixed income instruments, including Investment Grade and High Yield bonds.

It leverages a rigorous top-down and bottom-up investment process, integrating macroeconomic views with issuer-level analysis, including ESG factors.

The strategy is built on high conviction ideas, dynamic asset allocation, and effective risk management using tools like duration hedging and credit default swaps (CDS).

Strategy highlights

Capture opportunities
throughout the euro credit universe

Capturing opportunities across the euro credit universe through a rigorous investment process combining macroeconomic insights and issuer-level research. It dynamically allocates across market segments and risk profiles, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness to changing market conditions.

Target high conviction ideas backed by rigorous research

High conviction ideas are central to the strategy, supported by a seasoned team of Portfolio Managers and credit analysts. The strategy expresses strong views across sectors, with tactical use of derivatives to manage downside risk.

Seek consistent returns through flexibility

It seeks risk-adjusted returns through dynamic duration management and diversified fixed income exposure.

Team and expertise

The strategy sits within the Euro Credit Investment team and is managed by Boutaina Deixonne, Head of Euro IG & HY Credit, who has 24 years industry experience.

The Euro Credit investment team regularly collaborate to share best ideas and opportunities with ESG considerations embedded in every stage of the investment process. Benoit also has access to a broad range of resources inresearch and execution.

Investment risks

Investments are subject to market fluctuations and other risks inherent to investing in securities. The value of investments and the income they generate may rise or fall and it is possible that investors may not recover their initial investment.

The strategy may be exposed to specific risks, including Credit Risk, Derivatives and leverage, Defaulted securities, Extension, Perpetual securities Emerging markets,  Global investments, High yield debt securities, ESG, Distressed Securities, Subordinated Debts, Reinvestment.

For a complete description and definition of the strategy’s generic and specific risks, please refer to the Prospectus and KID.

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Important information

This material is issued by BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Malaysia Sdn Bhd, an investment management company holding a Capital Markets Services Licence under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 of Malaysia, having its principal place of business at Vista Tower, Level 48D, The Intermark 348 Jalan Tun Razak 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This material has not been reviewed by the Securities Commission Malaysia.

This material is produced for information purposes only and does not constitute:

  1. an offer to buy nor a solicitation to sell, nor shall it form the basis of or be relied upon in connection with any contract or commitment whatsoever or
  2. investment advice.

Opinions included in this material constitute the judgement of the investment management company at the time specified and may be subject to change without notice. The investment management company is not obliged to update or alter the information or opinions contained within this material. Investors should consult their own legal and tax advisors in respect of legal, accounting, domicile and tax advice prior to investing in the financial instrument(s) in order to make an independent determination of the suitability and consequences of an investment therein, if permitted. Please note that different types of investments, if contained within this material, involve varying degrees of risk and there can be no assurance that any specific investment may either be suitable, appropriate or profitable for an investor’s investment portfolio.

Given the economic and market risks, there can be no assurance that the financial instrument(s) will achieve its/their investment objectives. Returns may be affected by, amongst other things, investment strategies or objectives of the financial instrument(s) and material market and economic conditions, including interest rates, market terms and general market conditions. The different strategies applied to financial instruments may have a significant effect on the results presented in this material. Past performance is not a guide to future performance and the value of the investments in financial instrument(s) may go down as well as up. Investors may not get back the amount they originally invested.

Past performance or achievement is not indicative of current or future performance. Performance is calculated net of fees unless otherwise stated.

Any views expressed here are those of the author as of the date of publication, based on available information, and subject to change without notice. This material does not constitute investment advice.

Investments are subject to market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investments in securities. The value of investments and the income they generate may go down as well as up and it is possible that investors will not recover their initial outlay, the strategies described being in risk of capital loss. There is no guarantee that the performance objective will be achieved.

Investing in emerging markets, or specialised or restricted sectors is likely to be subject to a higher-than-average volatility due to a high degree of concentration, greater uncertainty because less information is available, there is less liquidity or due to greater sensitivity to changes in market conditions (social, political and economic conditions).

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment risk: The lack of common or harmonised definitions and labels integrating ESG and sustainability criteria at EU level may result in different approaches by managers when setting ESG objectives. This also means that it may be difficult to compare strategies integrating ESG and sustainability criteria to the extent that the selection and weightings applied to select investments may be based on metrics that may share the same name but have different underlying meanings. In evaluating a security based on the ESG and sustainability criteria, the Investment Manager may also use data sources provided by external ESG research providers. Given the evolving nature of ESG, these data sources may for the time being be incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable. Applying responsible business conduct standards in the investment process may lead to the exclusion of securities of certain issuers. Consequently,  performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of relatable strategies that do not apply such standards.

This is not an exhaustive list of risks.  For a complete description and definition of risks, please consult a client relationship manager or the global BNP Paribas Asset Management website: staging.bnpparibas-am.co.uk.

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