Investment approach & philosophyWe have a diversified approach to risk taking, aiming to take numerous active investment decisions in order to achieve and exceed our clients’ performance objectives on a consistent basis.
In taking those risk positions, we believe most performance is added to portfolios by exploiting market moves away from fair value. This value is based on economic fundamentals and evolves over time. In the short term, investor behaviour, sentiment and restrictions can drive markets away from fair value. We seek to identify and take advantage of these dislocations.
Our team of fixed income specialists are well placed to unlock the potential value that can be derived from this asset class. We achieve this by:
We adopt a specialist team approach to managing portfolios. The functions of portfolio manager, analyst and dealer are all different and are best undertaken by experts in those particular areas. These are combined in a unifying investment process to contribute to a portfolio’s returns.
We have a dedicated team of analysts, which is one of the largest and the most experienced in Europe. We employ many analysts with backgrounds at the credit rating agencies or in the sector they cover. This ensures we gain access to fast, reliable and independent ratings. Our analyst team covers all companies issuing debt denominated in euro or Sterling, regardless of where the issuer is based. US dollars denominated debt is covered by Prudential Portfolio Managers America.
One of the key features of the team is the wide access the analysts have to the management of debt issuing companies which is derived from the size of our assets under management. The latter enables us to trade on excellent terms in the market for the benefit of our clients.
Visit our pooled funds website to find out more about our range of fixed income pooled funds.
