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    Investing responsibly in European corporate bonds

    Investing responsibly in European corporate bonds

    Why a responsible approach to European credit?

    The European investment grade corporate bond market is diverse, resilient and offers a wide range of attractive opportunities. A responsible approach can look to make the most of the asset class while emphasising companies and instruments with a positive environmental or social impact, and avoiding those with a negative impact.

    Introducing the Responsible Horizons Euro Corporate Bond strategy

    The Responsible Horizons Euro Corporate Bond strategy seeks to profit from opportunities in bond and derivative markets, and will only invest where minimum standards for ESG factors are met. It also seeks to make a positive impact by favouring issuers with superior sustainability profiles.1

    €1.2bn

    assets under management in the strategy2

    2017

    inception of the underlying strategy

    Article 8

    SFDR classification3

    Assured

    LuxFLAG ESG label4

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    Attractive returns driven by dynamic asset allocation

    The strategy has generated attractive returns since its launch, driven by its dynamic allocation across different sectors in the credit market.

    Relative performance of the Responsible Horizons Euro Corporate Bond strategy

    Source: As at 31 January 2025. The Euro corporate bond (pooled) composite (C0949) is shown gross of fees and in EUR. Benchmark: Bloomberg Euro Aggregate Corporate TR Index. All returns over one year are annualised. Fees and charges apply and can have a material effect on the performance of your investment. Relative performance shows the difference between the composite return and its respective benchmark.

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    For investors pursuing a responsible approach to the euro corporate bond market, our strategy has been in place since 2017.

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    “Our multi-sector credit strategy aims to offer investors a responsible approach to a wide range of credit assets in a single strategy.”

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    Fabien Collado, ESG Portfolio Manager
    A responsible investment process

    The strategy sits within Insight’s Responsible Horizons range of investment strategies, and follows a well-established approach to credit investment with a responsible approach at its core. 5

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    Meet the team

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    Fabien Collado, CFA

    ESG Portfolio Manager

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    Fabien Collado, CFA

    ESG Portfolio Manager

    Fabien joined Insight’s Fixed Income Group in August 2021, as an ESG Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining Insight, he spent almost 12 years at AXA Investment Managers, initially as a portfolio engineer. He was then an active fixed income fund manager focussing on euro credit strategies. Latterly, he was a global buy and maintain fund manager, with an ESG focus. Fabien graduated with a Masters degree in Finance from IÉSEG School of Management. He is also a CFA charterholder.

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    Lutz Engberding, CFA

    Portfolio Manager

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    Lutz Engberding, CFA

    Portfolio Manager

    Lutz joined Insight in 2011. He worked as a Fixed Income Product Specialist before joining the European Fixed Income Team in February 2017. Lutz began his career in 2008 as an analyst at Merrill Lynch working in the fixed income department. He holds an MA in Economics from Homerton College, Cambridge and is a CFA charterholder.

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    Robert Sawbridge, CFA

    Head of Responsible Investment

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    Robert Sawbridge, CFA

    Head of Responsible Investment

    Robert is responsible for overseeing the responsible investment programme at Insight across all asset classes and investment teams. He joined Insight in 2008 and has held numerous roles across Insight’s investment teams including solutions design, credit analysis and portfolio management. Most recently, he was the manager of our flagship Euro sustainable strategy before being appointed Head of Responsible Investment Solutions in 2020 and Head of Responsible Investment in 2022. Robert graduated with a BA (Hons) in Modern History from Oxford University and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and is a CFA charterholder.

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    Chandra Gopinathan

    Head of Responsible Investment Research

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    Chandra Gopinathan

    Head of Responsible Investment Research

    Chandra joined the Responsible Investment Team within the Fixed Income Group in December 2024 and is responsible for Insight’s sustainability-related research activities and integrating research findings to improve decision making.  Prior to joining Insight, Chandra spent four years at Railpen as a Senior Investment Manager, responsible for climate, credit and manager selection. Chandra has two decades of experience in credit markets including ten years at Rogge Global Partners (now Allianz Global Investors) as a Senior Credit Analyst and with Morgan Stanley and Wachovia Securities, as Vice President focussed on structured finance. Chandra started his career in financial services in 2000 as an Associate Analyst at Moody’s Corporation. Chandra holds an MS in Financial Engineering from Columbia University. He also holds the CAIA designation and the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK.

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