The fund aims to provide combined income and capital growth that is higher than that of the global emerging markets bond market (as measured by a composite index comprising 1/3 JPM EMBI Global Diversified Index, 1/3 JPM CEMBI Broad Diversified Index and 1/3 JPM GBI-EM Global Diversified Index), over any three-year period, while applying environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. At least 80% of the fund is invested in bonds issued by governments and companies in emerging markets. It can also invest in emerging market currencies. Investments are selected based on an assessment of global, regional, and country-specific macroeconomic factors, followed by in-depth analysis of individual bond issuers. The fund invests in securities that meet the ESG criteria, applying an exclusionary approach as described in the prospectus.
Performance information for this fund can be found in the fund factsheet.
Under European regulation, the Fund is considered to promote environmental and social characteristics, but it does not incorporate ESG factors as part of its key investment focus and it is not authorised by the SFC as an ESG fund. European regulation requires that investors are provided with a ‘Sustainability-Related Disclosures’ document, which provides information on the methodologies used to assess, measure, and monitor the environmental or social characteristics promoted by the fund, including its data sources, screening criteria for the underlying assets and the relevant sustainability indicators used to measure the environmental or social characteristics. This document includes important additional information cross-referred to by the Fund’s prospectus, including, for example, information on the exclusions applied by the Fund. Please note that the document does not provide an indication of current or future performance of the Fund. It is provided solely for transparency and informational purposes. Further information on how the Management Company of the Fund considers principal adverse impacts of its investment decisions can be found in the ‘PAI Statement’ document. Decisions to invest in this Fund should not be based solely on the information of these documents and investors should read the documents in conjunction with the Fund’s prospectus.