The Amundi Funds Pioneer Global High Yield Bond Fund invests predominately in non-investment grade debt seeking to maximize capital growth and income and has been a steady performer.

The Manager has a proven investment approach to high-yield, including syndicated loans and convertible bonds, mixing top-down macro allocation with bottom-up, fundamental-based credit selection. Well-developed processes to manage risk with size limits to balance each securities alpha returns versus relative liquidity.

The fund is well-resourced, with a three-person investment team supported by associate portfolio managers and a global corporate credit research team.

The investment and divestment process considers that the environment, society, and corporate governance cover 80-100%. The company uses a three-pronged approach to integrate ESG into the basic investment process. The process begins with a proprietary scoring system led by a dedicated 20-person ESG research team with global sectoral coverage that utilizes multiple third-party ESG data sources for the high-yield debt investment. This information is then incorporated into fundamental analysis of investment decisions before determining if further research is needed and whether ESG risks are compensated for in credit spreads.

This fund has been reviewed by two industry veterans of the Benchmark judging committee.