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The objective of the Fund is to provide income and growth above those of the Markit iBoxx Sterling Corporate Bond Total Return Index, the “Benchmark Index”. The Fund aims to outperform the Benchmark Index over rolling three year periods after the deduction of all fees and expenses. The Fund is actively managed and will invest at least 80% in investment grade corporate bonds denominated in Sterling or hedged back to Sterling with minimum credit ratings of BBB- at the time of purchase. These are bonds with a credit rating from a nationally recognised statistical rating organisation (NRSRO).
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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James MacIntyre-Ure | - | 2021 | Now |
Biography | James is a Fund Manager in the UK Credit team. He joined LGIM in June 2012 working in the Credit Strategy team and progressed to the UK Credit team in January 2013. James is IMC qualified and a CFA Charterholder. | ||
Mark Benstead | Head of Credit | 2014 | Now |
Biography | Mark is a senior UK investment grade portfolio manager with responsibility for LGIM’s retail funds. Mark joined LGIM in 2014 from AXA Investment Managers where he held the title of Head of Credit, UK. Mark was closely involved with AXA’s successful entry into the buy and maintain credit strategy as well as delivering above-target performance on a range of segregated and annuity funds. Prior to that, he was at the Royal Bank of Canada in a variety of senior capital market roles, latterly as Managing Director, Head of Syndicate and European Debt Capital Markets. Mark graduated from the University College of North Wales with a BA (hons) in economics in 1984 and from the University of Bradford Management Centre with an MBA in 1985. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate. | ||
Robert Barnard-Smith | Associate Director | 2014 | 2014 |
Biography | Robert Barnard-Smith is Associate Director, Corporate Bonds. He joined LGIM in February 2001 after spending 9 years with Schroder Investment Management where he specialised in managing credit portfolios. Prior to that Robert trained as an accountant with Prudential Assurance before moving to the fixed interest team at Citibank Global Asset Management. Robert qualified as a certified accountant in 1985. | ||
Richard Hodges | Associate Director | 2013 | 2014 |
Biography | Richard Hodges is the Head of High Alpha Fixed Income and is responsible for managing higher alpha credit mandates. He joined LGIM in 2007 from Gartmore Investment Management where he was a Senior Investment Manager. He started his career in the debt capital markets in 1986 with Chase Manhattan before moving to Natwest Investment Management in 1989 prior to its merger with Gartmore where he managed a number of bond fund products utilising all fixed income and derivative based instruments. | ||
Michel Canoy | - | 2009 | 2013 |
Biography | Michel Canoy is a Senior Portfolio Manager within the Credit Portfolio Management team. He joined LGIM in February 2009 after working at JP Morgan (London) and CDC Ixis (Paris) as manager of credit proprietary trading. He spent 10 years at Paribas in Brussels as head of credit investment and arbitrage. Michael has over 20 years of investment management experience. His first degree was a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve in 1986, and Michel also has a post-graduate degree in Management from the Solvay Business School in Brussels. | ||
Richard Hodges | Associate Director | 2009 | 2011 |
Biography | Richard Hodges is the Head of High Alpha Fixed Income and is responsible for managing higher alpha credit mandates. He joined LGIM in 2007 from Gartmore Investment Management where he was a Senior Investment Manager. He started his career in the debt capital markets in 1986 with Chase Manhattan before moving to Natwest Investment Management in 1989 prior to its merger with Gartmore where he managed a number of bond fund products utilising all fixed income and derivative based instruments. | ||
Malcolm White | Vice President | 2005 | 2009 |
Biography | Malcolm White, CFA, Vice-President, Portfolio Management and Portfolio Manager has over 16 years of investment experience in a career that included analyst roles at Merrill Lynch Canada and First Marathon Securities. He specializes in technology, media and telecommunications, investing in equities, income trusts and other financial instruments. He holds a BA from Queen’s University. Malcolm was ranked as one of Canada’s 50 “Top Gun” equity portfolio managers by Brendan Wood International in 2010. | ||
Stuart Steven | - | 2000 | 2005 |
Biography | Stuart Steven joined Liontrust through the acquisition of Alliance Trust Investments in 2017, remaining the Head of the Sustainable Future Fixed Income team and also the Co-manager of the Liontrust Monthly Income Bond Fund, Sustainble Future Corporate Bond Fund and GF Sustainable Future European Corporate Bond Fund. After working in industry, Stuart joined Britannic Asset Management in 1994 and became Head of Corporate Bonds with responsibility for managing investment grade portfolios for retail and institutional funds. In 2000, he joined Legal & General as Director, Corporate Bonds, where, until 2006, he managed a team of credit specialists managing multi-currency assets. He joined Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in 2008 as investment director, managing a number of funds, including investment grade and absolute return funds. Stuart has been involved in managing multi-currency fixed income portfolios since 1994, with experience in managing teams and marketing fixed income funds. He has an additional five years’ related investment experience. |
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