Vontobel Fund - TwentyFour Strategic Income Fund

This bond fund aims to achieve an attractive level of income and capital growth over a full economic cycle, while respecting risk diversification.

The fund invests worldwide in a variety of government bonds, supranational bonds, investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, emerging market bonds, contingent convertible bonds, and asset-backed securities, denominated in various currencies. At the point of purchase, exchange rate risks against the fund currency are fully hedged. The fund can use derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes.

The experienced investment team takes a high-conviction approach to finding the best relative-value opportunities available in the investment universe, based on rigorous macro-economic and technical analyses combined with detailed credit analysis. Striving to benefit throughout the credit cycle from both rising and declining rate environments, the team flexibly allocates interest-rate and credit risks in line with their continuous assessment of market conditions and future developments. They also use interest-rate and credit derivatives to either optimize or reduce exposures.