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LOIM wins six Lipper Awards for Asia Value Bond

LOIM wins six Lipper Awards for Asia Value Bond

 

 

 

 

 

Lombard Odier Investment Managers is delighted to announce that LO Funds – Asia Value Bond, (USD PA) has been honoured at the prestigious Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2024 with the Best Fund over 10 Years award in the APAC Hard Currency Bond category across six jurisdictions, including Europe, Switzerland, Austria, Taiwan, France and the UK.

These accolades underscore LOIM’s commitment to delivering excellence in the Asia investment landscape. Driven by long-term dedication to providing value and performance to investors, LOIM’s Asia Value Bond strategy has emerged as a leader in its category, reflecting the expertise, resolve and strength of LOIM’s fixed-income team in Asia.

Commenting on this achievement, Dhiraj Bajaj, CIO, Asia Fixed Income & Equities at LOIM, said:

“We are honoured to receive this prestigious accolade, which reflects our team’s unwavering dedication to uncovering value within the dynamic Asia bond market. Asia credit is a huge growth market, with strong fundamentals and attractive value relative to global credit. We remain optimistic about the prospects of the Asia and emerging-market bond markets, leveraging our expertise and disciplined approach of top-down views and rigorous bottom-up credit analysis, within a fully integrated ESG framework, to continue delivering strong outcomes for our investors.”

With total assets under management of CHF 3.8 billion1, LOIM’s Asia Value Bond strategy ranks as the third-largest mutual bond strategy in Asia, and the second-largest in the Asia credit IG-HY blended category. With its high conviction and ‘value-biased’ strategy, the portfolio is well-positioned to capture both income and capital gain for its investors over the long term.

Yannik Zufferey, Chief Investment Officer, Core Business at LOIM, remarked:

“We are delighted to receive this esteemed recognition, which underscores our dedication to helping investors achieve their long-term financial objectives by delivering exceptional investment solutions and superior outcomes for our clients. At LOIM, we have an incredibly experienced and centralised team that enables faster decision making, with a dedicated fixed-income team rooted in Asia, while leveraging our global expertise on fixed-income research, infrastructure and support for our investment teams. Looking ahead, we remain steadfast in our commitment to innovation and delivering excellence.”

Source 

[1] Source: LOIM. As of 31 Dec 2023. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The peer group methodology cited herein is provided for information purposes only and may be subject to change over time. No fund/benchmark/index is directly comparable to the investment objectives, strategy or universe. This document has been prepared by LOIM employees who are encouraged to raise assets for their strategy and may have a conflict of interest. Information relating to peer group methodology is available on request.

About Lombard Odier IM

Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) is the institutional asset management business of the Lombard Odier Group, wholly owned and funded by its partners since its establishment in 1796.

We provide a range of investment solutions to a diverse group of long-term oriented clients. Our heritage, and our combination of the best of conservatism and innovation, keeps us well positioned to create lasting value for our clients. Our investment capabilities span fixed income, convertible bonds, equities, multi-asset, and alternatives. Sustainability is central to our investment philosophy; we believe it is the founding principle of long-term economic and investment outcomes and will drive returns over the long term.

With 209 investment professionals, we are a global business with a network of 13 offices across Europe, Asia and North America and have assets under management of CHF 62 billion (as at 31 December 2023).

 

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