Best ideas approach delivers for GLG duo

The GLG Global Corporate Bond fund began its life as a different incarnation - the SG International Bond fund, part of the retail fund range of Société Générale Asset Management.

GLG Partners completed its acquisition of SGAM UK in April last year, taking on its funds and rebranding them under the GLG tag. The £56m Global Corporate Bond fund is managed by Christophe Akel and Galia Velimukhametova, who aim to generate both income and capital growth through a concentrated portfolio of 30 to 50 investment grade issues. In positioning the £56m portfolio, the global bond team conducts rigorous bottom-up research on issuers, as well as top-down macro analysis. The fund is top of the IMA Global Bond sector over three and five years to 18 October, according to Morn...