Climate Transition Global Investment Grade Credit Fund

$109.16
NAV

+$0.21 / +0.19%
1-day change
$75.3M
Fund assets
Not available
Distribution yield
2.42%
Year-to-date return
Data as of 12/20/2024
Climate Transition Global Investment Grade Credit (UCITS)
Prioritise transition over exclusion
The Climate Transition Global Investment Grade Credit Fund seeks to deliver total returns, consisting of a high level of income and capital appreciation, whilst investing in a broad range of best-in-class companies transitioning to a lower-carbon world, with a portfolio target of net zero by 2050.

The fund is a globally diversified portfolio of predominantly investment grade credits, designed to balance financial and climate objectives.

Key differentiators

  • Provides access to the full range of credit opportunities represented by rapid, large-scale decarbonisation and a global, sector-wide transition
  • Takes advantage of a fully integrated worldwide fixed income offering, balancing global portfolio construction and in-market local coverage
  • Focuses on companies’ forward transition performance, in the strong belief that some of today’s heaviest emitters will be tomorrow’s decarbonisation outperformers
  • Uses a proprietary ESGiQ (ESG Information Quotient) rating system to capture key issues that may be mispriced

General facts

ISIN

LU2667752377

SEDOL

BRBDTD2

Bloomberg

CLGBICI LX

SFDR classification

8

Minimum investment

$1,000,000

Fund inception date

11/8/2019

Share class launch date

8/30/2023

Annual management fee

0.30%

Total expense ratio (TER)

0.45%

(as of 8/31/2024)

Benchmark name

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate Index (USD Hedged)

Settlement

T+2

PM perspective

PM Perspective: Climate Transition Credit

Henrietta Pacquement, head of Global Fixed Income and Sustainability, discusses key 2024 takeaways and top opportunities for 2025 in climate transition global investment-grade credit investing.

Transcript

Henrietta Pacquement: I have three takeaways for 2024. Number one, global temperatures averaged over 1.5 degrees over pre-industrial temperatures for an unprecedented 12-month period. Number two, our much-criticized central bankers have defied the odds and engineered an economic soft landing—no mean feat given historical precedents. But this wasn't enough to save many elected officials, as number three, voters across the globe generally made governments pay for post-COVID war-induced inflation. How did that translate into global investment grade? A return of bond-like returns, a call we made at the start of 2024. Spreads tightened as consumers proved resilient. Rates were volatile, but they regained their diversification powers as inflation normalized. What did we get right? The recovery of the real estate sector. Our overweight benefited from corporate balance sheet repair. How does that sector fit into a climate strategy? Well, real estate is a key transition sector, given its end use status for temperature regulation. The resilient consumer—risk overweights in financials, consumer sectors, and technology helped performance as financial spreads converged towards non-financials. What's the climate angle there? Financials are facilitators of transition and adaptation. 2025 will be about living with the electoral choices of 2024. Geopolitics and redefining global trade relations are likely to loom large and have the potential to spill over into financial markets. Voters have generally asked for change. In the anglosphere, this has yielded clear mandates. In continental Europe, unstable coalitions and split parlements. In addition, three long-term themes will continue to disrupt. As we experience more climate change-driven amplification of natural phenomena, companies are going to continue to assess investments required for both transition and adaptation. AI exuberance is going to evolve from infrastructure spend to implementation. We'll be reviewing how AI gets integrated into corporate processes. Healthcare and wellbeing will be supported by demographics. Aging populations are looking to increase longevity in good health. We’ll be living at the tights. Low corporate spreads and high interest rates reflect healthier private sector balance sheets compared to more spendthrift governments. How are we going to be investing in that context? We'll be harvesting all-in yields. These are looking attractive. We'll be focusing on sectors supported by long-term themes, as we think they bring visibility. We'll also keep an eye on fundamentals as the cycle progresses. And we'll be maintaining flexibility to benefit from potential new issue premia widening and invest in most challenged cyclical sectors should the opportunity present itself.

Performance

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Calendar year

Calendar year

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Average annual returns

Average annual returns

(as of 11/30/2024)
8/30/2023
1M
3M
YTD
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Inception
Fund
1.24
0.78
3.83
7.43
-
-
-
8.43
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate Index (USD Hedged)
1.34
1.27
5.01
9.01
-
-
-
8.74
Expenses (as of 8/31/2024)
Annual management fee
0.30 %
Total expense ratio (TER)
0.45 %

The ongoing charges/total expense ratio (TER) reflects annual total operating expenses for the class, excludes transaction costs and is expressed as a percentage of net asset value. The figure shown is from current KID. The investment manager has committed to reimburse the Sub-Fund when the ongoing charges exceed the agreed upon TER. Ongoing charges may vary over time.

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Performance calculations are net of all applicable fees and are calculated on a NAV-to-NAV basis (with income re-invested). Performance shown is for class and currency indicated and returns may increase/decrease as a result of currency fluctuations. 

Cumulative

Cumulative

(as of 11/30/2024)

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the fund over the specified time period up to 10 years or since its inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with benchmarks, which may include a broad-based market index and a peer group average or index. Market indexes do not include expenses, which are deducted from fund returns as well as mutual fund averages and indexes.

Does not include sales charges and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower.

Performance and volatility metrics

Performance and volatility metrics

Products must have at least a 36 month performance record before we show these metrics.
Morningstar ratings and rankings

Morningstar ratings and rankings

Investments must have at least 36 continuous months of total returns in order to receive a rating from Morningstar.

Prices, yields and distributions

Historical prices
YTD high $111.60 10/1/2024
YTD low $104.42 4/25/2024
52-week high $111.60 10/1/2024
52-week low $104.42 4/25/2024
2023 high $107.02 12/27/2023
2023 low $98.22 10/19/2023
Best quarterly return 6.92% 12/31/2023
Worst quarterly return -0.28% 6/30/2024
Best annual return -
Worst annual return -

The distribution yield is based on the actual distributions paid by the fund. The distribution yield is calculated by summing the fund’s distributions over the preceding 12 months and dividing that figure by the applicable share price at the end of the period.

Composition

Portfolio statistics

Portfolio statistics

(as of 11/30/2024)
Fund Benchmark
Number of Holdings 288 16774
Number of Issuers 214.00 2,460.00
Effective Duration 6.00 6.01
Weighted Average Effective Maturity 8.69 Years 8.85 Years
Average Credit Rating A- A-
Average Maturity 9.61 Years 9.56 Years
Credit Spread Duration 6.14 6.09

Placement within the Morningstar Fixed-Income Style Box™ is based on two variables: the vertical axis shows the credit quality of the long bonds owned and the horizontal axis shows interest rate sensitivity as measured by a bond's effective duration. For credit quality, Morningstar combines the credit rating information provided by the fund companies with an average default rate calculation to come up with a weighted average credit quality. The weighted average credit quality is currently a letter that roughly corresponds to the scale used by a leading NRSRO. Bond funds are assigned a style box placement of low, medium, or high based on their average credit quality. Funds with a low credit quality are those whose weighted average credit quality is determined to be less than BBB-, medium are those less than AA- but greater or equal to BBB-, and high are those with a weighted average credit quality of AA- or higher. When classifying a bond portfolio, Morningstar first maps the NRSRO credit ratings of the underlying holdings to their respective default rates (as determined by Morningstar’s analysis of actual historical default rates). Morningstar then averages these default rates to determine the average default rate for the entire bond fund. Finally, Morningstar maps this average default rate to its corresponding credit rating along a convex curve. For municipal bond funds, Morningstar also obtains from fund companies the average effective duration. In these cases static breakpoints are used. These breakpoints are as follows: (i) Limited: 4.5 years or less; (ii) Moderate: more than 4.5 years but less than 7 years; and (iii) Extensive: more than 7 years. In addition, for non-U.S. taxable and non-U.S. domiciled fixed-income funds, static duration breakpoints are used: (i) Limited: less than or equal to 3.5 years; (ii) Moderate: greater than 3.5 years and less than or equal to 6 years; and (iii) Extensive: greater than 6 years.

Credit quality

Credit quality

(as of 11/30/2024)
Type
Fund
Benchmark
AAA/Aaa
 0.29% 0.90%
AA/Aa
 10.51% 8.24%
A/A
 40.12% 43.03%
BBB/Baa
 45.73% 47.83%
BB/Ba
 0.90% -
Cash & equivalents
 2.44% -

The ratings indicated are from Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings Ltd., and/or Moody's Investors Service. The percentages of the fund's portfolio with the ratings depicted in the chart are calculated based on total investments of the fund. If a security was rated by all three rating agencies, the middle rating was used. If rated by two of three rating agencies, the lower rating was used, and if rated by one of the agencies, that rating was used. Credit quality is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Maturity

Maturity

(as of 11/30/2024)
Maturity Range
Fund
0 - 3 years
13.03%
3 - 5 years
23.51%
5 - 10 years
45.86%
10+ years
17.60%

Based on ending weights as of month-end. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Holdings

Top Ten Holdings

(as of 11/30/2024)
Security
Fund
US Treasuries
3.62%
US Treasuries
1.79%
US Treasuries
1.38%
Bank of America Corporation
0.92%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte. Ltd.
0.82%
HSBC Holdings Plc
0.76%
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
0.75%
Truist Financial Corporation
0.73%
Danske Bank A/S
0.69%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
0.69%
View All Holdings
Top 10 represents 12.16% of total net assets

Based on ending weights as of month-end. Source: FactSet. The information shown is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, a recommendation to buy or sell an individual security.

Sector allocation

Sector allocation

(as of 11/30/2024)
Type
Fund
Benchmark
Financials
 39.16% 36.16%
Consumer staples
 11.36% 13.32%
Information technology
 9.18% 6.36%
Communication services
 7.53% 7.24%
U.S. treasuries
 6.86% -
Consumer discretionary
 6.44% 7.88%
Energy
 4.81% 7.41%
Utilities
 4.51% 7.72%
Industrials
 4.04% 11.23%
Real estate
 3.10% 2.66%
Agencies
 2.07% -
Local authorities
 0.79% -
Other industrials
 0.14% -

Based on ending weights as of month-end. Source: FactSet. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Geographic allocation

Geographic allocation

(as of 11/30/2024)
Type
Fund
Benchmark
United States
 58.15% 57.89%
United Kingdom
 8.33% 6.87%
France
 5.63% 6.14%
Germany
 3.87% 4.52%
Spain
 3.53% 2.00%
Netherlands
 2.87% 1.62%
Switzerland
 2.27% 1.47%
Denmark
 2.19% 0.51%
Japan
 1.81% 2.55%
Canada
 1.31% 4.99%

Based on ending weights as of month-end. Source: FactSet. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Currency allocation

Currency allocation

(as of 11/30/2024)
Currency
Share Class
Benchmark
British Pound Sterling
 4.09% 3.90%
Euro (EUR)
 25.80% 23.32%
United States Dollar
 70.11% 67.82%

Currency allocation is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Portfolio composition

Portfolio composition

(as of 11/30/2024)
Credit Assets
Allocation
Benchmark
U.S. treasuries
 6.86% -
Corporate bonds
 93.14% 100.00%

Portfolio composition is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

ESG data summary

MSCI Overall ESG Score 1
Portfolio
7.0
Index
6.8
Sustainalytics ESG Risk Score 2
Portfolio
20
Index
21
SFDR Rating
 
8

Product involvement 3

Portfolio Benchmark
Controversial Weapons exposure 0.00% 1.49%
Oil Sands exposure 0.00% 0.12%
Small Arms exposure 0.00% 0.05%
Thermal Coal exposure 0.00% 0.94%
Tobacco exposure 0.00% 0.98%
UN Global Compact non-compliant exposure 0.00% 0.98%

¹ Data is sourced from MSCI ESG Research where companies are rated on a scale of 0 – 10 (0 - worst, 10 - best). Weighted average scores exclude effects of unrated securities.

² ESG Risk Ratings measure exposure to and management of ESG risks. Lower risk scores reflect less ESG risk. Sustainalytics ESG Risk Scores measure ESG risks on a scale of 0 – 100 (0 - no ESG Risk, >40 - Severe ESG Risk).

³ Carbon emissions includes operational and first-tier supply chain greenhouse gas emissions. Data sourced from S&P Trucost Limited.

⁴ Source: Allspring Global Investments. This report contains information developed by Sustainalytics. Such information and data are proprietary of Sustainalytics and/or its third-party suppliers (Third Party Data) and are provided for informational purposes only. They do not constitute an endorsement of any product or project, nor an investment advice and are not warranted to be complete, timely, accurate or suitable for a particular purpose. Their use is subject to conditions available at https://www.sustainalytics.com/legal-disclaimers. Copyright © 2023 Sustainalytics. All rights reserved.

Documents

Literature Date Language
Fund Profile 12/31/2023 English Download
Monthly Commentary 11/30/2024 English Download
Regulatory Document Date Language
Lux Fund Sustainability-Related Disclosures 10/31/2024 English Download
PRIIPs KIDs 12/4/2024 English Download
PRIIPs KIDs 4/5/2024 French Download
Our team
Meet the investment team

The team’s global bond strategies target outperformance through interest rate and currency positioning. The credit-focused strategies target outperformance via security selection.

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Henrietta

Henrietta Pacquement

Head of Global Fixed Income, Head of Sustainability
Scott

Scott Smith

Head of Investment Grade Income
Alex

Alex Temple

Portfolio Manager, Head of Credit
Jonathan

Jonathan Terry

Portfolio Manager

Key risks

Asset-backed securities risk: Asset-backed securities may be more sensitive to changes in interest rates and may exhibit added volatility, known as extension risk, and are subject to prepayment risk.

Contingent convertible bonds risk: These instruments can be converted from debt into equity because of the occurrence of certain predetermined trigger events including when the issuer is in crisis resulting in possible price fluctuations and potential liquidity concerns.

Currency risk: Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time and can be affected unpredictably by intervention (or the failure to intervene) by relevant governments or central banks, or by currency controls or political developments.

Debt securities risk: Debt securities are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk and are affected by an issuer’s ability to make interest payments or repay principal when due.

Global investment risk: Securities of certain jurisdictions may experience more rapid and extreme changes in value and may be affected by uncertainties such as international political developments, currency fluctuations and other developments in the laws and regulations of countries in which an investment may be made.

High yield securities risk: High yield securities are rated below investment grade, are predominantly speculative, have a much greater risk of default and may be more volatile than higher-rated securities of similar maturity.

ESG risk: Applying an ESG screen for security selection may result in lost opportunity in a security or industry resulting in possible underperformance relative to peers. ESG screens are dependent on third-party data and errors in the data may result in the incorrect inclusion or exclusion of a security.

Emerging markets risk: Emerging markets may be more sensitive than more mature markets to a variety of economic factors and may be less liquid than markets in the developed world.

Leverage risk: The use of certain types of financial derivative instruments may create leverage which may increase share price volatility.

US Government obligations risk: Securities issued by US Government agencies or government sponsored may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the US Government and may be negatively impacted by adverse market and credit events.

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