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Global Strategic Bond Fund

Featured fund Launch date 09/01/2024

This portfolio is suitable for investors who require sector specific exposure to global bonds as part of their overall investment strategy. Investors should have a low to medium tolerance for risk and maintain their investment over a medium to long term horizon (5 years +).

Base currency USD
Currencies USD/GBP/EUR Domicile Ireland

Fund values

Core

The fund is an unlevered core global bond portfolio focusing on liquidity, interest rate, and credit risk, while avoiding currency risk and illiquid, lower-quality, or ESG-risk exposed bonds.

Nimble

The co-portfolio management setup showcases allocation skills, with a disciplined framework for nimble decision-making and ESG considerations, strategically generating alpha through relative value, duration, and security selection.

Proven

The fund managers have consistently delivered rolling 3-year excess returns and superior risk-adjusted returns, backed by over 20 years of experience in multi-sector bond investing.

Latest investment insights

Is now the time to buy US Treasuries?

Off the back of weak US CPI data, the UST market has rallied. Perhaps the death of American assets has been exaggerated?

12 June 2025
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Is now the time to buy US Treasuries?

12 June 2025
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Lessons from history

The sharp steepening of the US yield curve, where 30-year bond yields now exceed 5-year yields by over 1%, signals rising investor concern over fiscal sustainability, inflation, and recession risk.

21 May 2025
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Lessons from history

21 May 2025
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Global Fixed-Income Outlook 2025: What is your Outlook

Hear from Alex Ralph and David Roberts, co-portfolio Managers of the Nedgroup Investments Global Strategic Bond Fund as they outline what they expect from bond markets in 2025.

9 December 2024
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Global Fixed-Income Outlook 2025: What is your Outlook

9 December 2024
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Global Fixed-income Outlook: Where are you finding opportunities

Hear from Alex Ralph and David Roberts, co-portfolio Managers of the Nedgroup Investments Global Strategic Bond Fund as they outline where they see opportunities in 2025.

9 December 2024
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Global Fixed-income Outlook: Where are you finding opportunities

9 December 2024
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Global Fixed Income Outlook: What are you avoiding

Hear from Alex Ralph and David Roberts, co-portfolio Managers of the Nedgroup Investments Global Strategic Bond Fund as they outline which areas of the market they are avoiding in 2025.

9 December 2024
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Global Fixed Income Outlook: What are you avoiding

9 December 2024
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Warum globale Anleihen angesichts sinkender Zinsen glänzen

Mit dem Beginn des Zinsrückgangs verändert sich die Landschaft für Anleiheinvestoren dramatisch. Inhaber inländischer Anleihen, insbesondere solche mit kurzfristiger Laufzeit, sehen sich bei Fälligkeit mit erhöhter Volatilität und sinkenden Einnahmen konfrontiert.

22 November 2024
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Warum globale Anleihen angesichts sinkender Zinsen glänzen

22 November 2024
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China and Japan: two juggernauts which bond investors love to avoid

The significance of Chinese and Japanese bonds in the global market is on the rise. In this article, we delve into the challenges and opportunities for investors, highlighting the increasing duration contributions and shifting correlations with US bonds. As we navigate this evolving landscape, find out why it's crucial to focus on core bond opportunities elsewhere.

18 October 2024
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China and Japan: two juggernauts which bond investors love to avoid

18 October 2024
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Core, nimble, proven: Nedgroup’s Roberts and Ralph unlock bond potential

Many bond funds are mere reflections of local markets, but the approach at Nedgroup Investments is different. The Global Strategic Bond Fund managed by David Roberts and Alex Ralph actively seeks opportunities across all major global bond markets, enabling the duo behind it to enhance returns, particularly during periods of economic and political uncertainty. By actively managing the Nedgroup Investments Global Strategic Bond fund, they focus on a balanced strategy that avoids unnecessary risks, optimising both credit and government debt to protect and grow your investment. Find out how the fund can work for your portfolio.

11 October 2024

Core, nimble, proven: Nedgroup’s Roberts and Ralph unlock bond potential

11 October 2024

Q2 2024 Update - Global Strategic Bond Fund

Hear from David Roberts, co-portfolio manager of the Nedgroup Investments Global Strategic Bond Fund as he provides an update on key performance drivers and changes to the fund over the last quarter.

31 July 2024

Q2 2024 Update - Global Strategic Bond Fund

31 July 2024

Mid-year bond outlook 2024

Why the bond market could feel like déjà vu all over again

19 July 2024

Mid-year bond outlook 2024

19 July 2024

Citywire series 1: Nedgroup Investments first in-house boutique

The first of 3 videos recorded with Citywire. Staying true to its entrepreneurial roots, Nedgroup Investments has seized upon an opportunity to bring two widely regarded bond investors back to the market. Tom Caddick, managing director of Nedgroup Investments International tells Citywire’s Amy Maxwell how the boutique Palomar Fixed-Income – which reunited Caddick with former colleagues Alex Ralph and David Roberts – came into being.

1 May 2024

Citywire series 1: Nedgroup Investments first in-house boutique

1 May 2024

Citywire series 2: QE exits a gift for active investors

The second video in our series with Citywire where the co-portfolio managers of our Global Strategic Bond Fund discuss why they believe the desynchronisation of the monetary cycle is creating opportunities not seen for a decade in bond markets.

1 May 2024

Citywire series 2: QE exits a gift for active investors

1 May 2024
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