Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd, one of Switzerland’s oldest private banks, has expanded the funds offered on its ‘PrivilEdge’ open architecture fund platform, with the addition of PrivilEdge – BlueBay Investment Grade Global Government Bonds.
This actively managed fund aims to outperform its benchmark, the Bloomberg Global Treasury Total Return Index USD hedged, by investing in a portfolio of investment grade-rated fixed income securities while taking into account ESG considerations.
Designed to provide exposure to an actively managed global government bond portfolio, the fund leverages BlueBay’s highly experienced investment team to identify value in a core investment universe of global investment grade sovereign bonds and construct a liquid, diversified portfolio of 40-45 securities.
The portfolio managers dedicated to this fund have an average of 20 years of experience investing in government bonds and is supported by over 120 investment professionals in BlueBay’s fixed income platform that are responsible for managing more than US$130bn across the full range of fixed income strategies.
Maxime Perrin, head of open architecture at Lombard Odier, said: “Lombard Odier prides itself on its ongoing commitment to bringing new sources of alpha to clients with our PrivilEdge open architecture platform. The platform continues to evolve to reflect the needs of investors and the addition of the new PrivilEdge – BlueBay Investment Grade Global Government Bonds fund will provide clients with an actively managed exposure to a global government bond portfolio.
Mike Reed, Head of Global Financial Institutions at RBC BlueBay, adds: “We consider that active investing in global government bonds offers a diverse range of opportunities to generate alpha by focusing on the underlying politics and policy that drive many of the movements in government bond prices. We look forward to supporting Lombard Odier and their clients via the PrivilEdge platform.”
