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Global Strategic Bond Fund

Featured fund Launch date 09/01/2024

This portfolio is suitable for investors who require sector specific exposure to global bonds as part of their overall investment strategy. Investors should have a low to medium tolerance for risk and maintain their investment over a medium to long term horizon.

Base currency USD
Currencies USD/GBP/EUR Domicile Ireland

Fund values

Core

The fund is an unlevered core global bond portfolio focusing on liquidity, interest rate, and credit risk, while avoiding currency risk and illiquid, lower-quality, or ESG-risk exposed bonds.

Nimble

The co-portfolio management setup showcases allocation skills, with a disciplined framework for nimble decision-making and ESG considerations, strategically generating alpha through relative value, duration, and security selection.

Proven

The fund managers have consistently delivered rolling 3-year excess returns and superior risk-adjusted returns, backed by over 20 years of experience in multi-sector bond investing.

Latest investment insights

When the income does the heavy lifting

For all the talk of turmoil in bond markets, yields have barely moved. With high-quality paper paying mid-single digits, investors don’t need to do anything clever to beat the bank or inflation, explains David Roberts.

8 June 2026
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When the income does the heavy lifting

8 June 2026
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4
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Exclusions over illusions

An investment process is defined as much by what it refuses to hold as by what it buys. And with high-quality yields at levels not seen in a generation, the things a bond fund rules out cost less to give up than at almost any point in living memory, as David Roberts and Alex Ralph explain.

2 June 2026
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5
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Exclusions over illusions

2 June 2026
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5
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In credit, liquidity is easy to overestimate

Liquidity is often treated as a constant in public markets, something investors can rely on. Recent events suggest a more complex reality. Many current concerns around credit are focused on private credit – and that conversation is worth having – but for investors in public fixed income, the more relevant question is: do you really understand the liquidity profile of what you hold?

21 April 2026
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4
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In credit, liquidity is easy to overestimate

21 April 2026
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4
min read

Financing the AI Boom – what are the risks for credit investors

A look at the AI spending boom and how it affects credit investors.

10 November 2025
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5
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Financing the AI Boom – what are the risks for credit investors

10 November 2025
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5
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Turning volatility into opportunity

As interest rate expectations continue to shift across G7 economies, bond markets have responded with sharp and often unpredictable moves. The Nedgroup Global Strategic Bond Fund has navigated this volatility with discipline, agility, and a clear focus on value.

1 November 2025
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Turning volatility into opportunity

1 November 2025
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5
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Outlook for bonds in Q4 2025

David Roberts, Co-Portfolio Manager of the Global Strategic Bond Fund, gives his views on what to expect in the global bond market.

3 October 2025
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4
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Outlook for bonds in Q4 2025

3 October 2025
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4
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UK Government Bonds - A gift for the active manager?

An Active manager has had at least 9 opportunities to make double the return of a passive alternative.

22 August 2025
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UK Government Bonds - A gift for the active manager?

22 August 2025
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1
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Why I'm buying Japanese Government Bonds

The Japanese sovereign bond market makes up around 15% of the Global Bond market yet many investors have studiously avoided it - until now.

30 July 2025
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5
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Why I'm buying Japanese Government Bonds

30 July 2025
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5
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Is now the time to buy US Treasuries?

Off the back of weak US CPI data, the UST market has rallied. Perhaps the death of American assets has been exaggerated?

12 June 2025
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Is now the time to buy US Treasuries?

12 June 2025
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2
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Lessons from history

The sharp steepening of the US yield curve, where 30-year bond yields now exceed 5-year yields by over 1%, signals rising investor concern over fiscal sustainability, inflation, and recession risk.

21 May 2025
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2
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Lessons from history

21 May 2025
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2
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Warum globale Anleihen angesichts sinkender Zinsen glänzen

Mit dem Beginn des Zinsrückgangs verändert sich die Landschaft für Anleiheinvestoren dramatisch. Inhaber inländischer Anleihen, insbesondere solche mit kurzfristiger Laufzeit, sehen sich bei Fälligkeit mit erhöhter Volatilität und sinkenden Einnahmen konfrontiert.

22 November 2024
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10
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Warum globale Anleihen angesichts sinkender Zinsen glänzen

22 November 2024
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10
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China and Japan: two juggernauts which bond investors love to avoid

The significance of Chinese and Japanese bonds in the global market is on the rise. In this article, we delve into the challenges and opportunities for investors, highlighting the increasing duration contributions and shifting correlations with US bonds. As we navigate this evolving landscape, find out why it's crucial to focus on core bond opportunities elsewhere.

18 October 2024
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6
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China and Japan: two juggernauts which bond investors love to avoid

18 October 2024
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6
min read
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