AXA IM unveils Global Short Duration Bond fund

Managed by Nicolas Trindade

AXA Investment Managers has launched a Global Short Duration Bond fund focusing on mitigating the risk of rising interest rates and the resulting volatility.

Investing in bonds with a maximum of five years maturity, the fund will look at the whole short-dated spectrum including investment grade, high yield, inflation-linked and hard currency EM bonds. The UK-based OEIC will employ a combination of active management and optimal portfolio diversification in order to ensure liquidity and the preservation of capital. This will be the ninth fund in the firm's short duration range, which was launched 15 years ago and has €26bn in assets under management. Asset managers welcome Fed rate hike but warn of 'tricky path' under Trump It will be ...