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Objective
The BlueBay Emerging Market Corporate Bond Fund (the Fund) is actively managed and its objective is to achieve returns greater than the JP Morgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index Diversified, over the credit cycle, and is able to opportunistically invest in local currency bonds, private placements and credit default swaps. There are no restrictions on the extent to which the Fund's portfolio and performance may deviate from the ones of the benchmark.
Sustainability-related disclosure
This is a marketing communication. There are several risks associated with investing in this product. Please refer to the prospectus of the fund and to the KIID available on this website before making any final investment decisions.
Investment approach
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Investment process follows a dynamic, bottom-up, fundamental, research driven approach with an emphasis on alpha generation and capital preservation
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Integrated, diverse and highly-experienced team aid decision making process
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Cross fertilisation of ideas with other BlueBay investment teams; ability to leverage the research generated in the high yield, investment grade and wider Emerging Market team including sovereign analysis
Market opportunity
Provides exposure to emerging market hard currency corporate debt
Our dynamic, bottom-up investment process emphasises alpha generation and capital preservation, while aiming to avoid credits with weak fundamentals, poor structures and supply risks
We focus on what we view as stronger companies with improving fundamentals
Polina Kurdyavko
Head of Emerging Market, Senior Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets
Polina is Head of Emerging Markets and Senior Portfolio Manager at RBC BlueBay. In addition to oversight of investments across all EM strategies, Polina is also a lead portfolio manager for several flagship funds in EM sovereign, credit and local markets, including long only and alternative products. Polina started her career in emerging markets after the Russian financial crisis in 1998 and has, since then, gained expertise across a broad range of emerging market financial assets. Polina joined RBC BlueBay in July 2005 from UBS where she was a credit analyst in EM corporate research. Her role encompassed coverage of EM issuers as well as research support for primary issuance of corporate debt. Prior to this, Polina was with Alliance Capital where she was an emerging markets equity analyst and then moved on to pioneer emerging markets quantitative research at the firm. She started her career in a macro research boutique in Russia. Polina holds an MSc (Hons) in Finance from the People's Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, is a CFA charterholder, and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.
Anthony Kettle
Partner, Senior Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets
Anthony is a Senior Portfolio Manager within the Emerging Markets Team. Anthony joined RBC BlueBay in March 2006 and his primary portfolio management responsibilities include the EM long-short credit strategy, the EM Unconstrained Bond Fund and the suite of EM Corporate long only funds. Prior to joining RBC BlueBay, he held a management position at National Australia Bank. Anthony holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and is a CFA charterholder.