UK Institutional Global High Yield

Strategy highlights

  • A truly global strategy, investing across all major geographies depending on relative value and not constrained by index weightings
  • Investment universe defined by expertise of the team and not based on how much an issuer borrows
  • Emphasis placed on long-term investing

Our philosophy and process

The high-yield strategy invests in sub-investment-grade bonds which are considered riskier than investment-grade bonds. The strategy has the flexibility to actively manage currency exposure to generate additional returns. A constantly evolving and forward-looking approach seeks to anticipate change and identify opportunities.

The investment team follows a fundamental bottom-up security selection approach and incorporates thematic research. Material ESG risks, opportunities and issues are considered as part of the investment research process.

Every time we consider a security or look at an industry or country, it’s in the context of what’s happening across the world. We believe the investment landscape is shaped over the long term by some key trends, and we use themes to help identify opportunities.

Investment team

This strategy is managed by a focused, experienced fixed-income team. In-house research analysts are at the core of our investment process, and our multidimensional research platform spans fundamental, thematic, ESG, quantitative, geopolitical, investigative and private-market research to promote better-informed investment decisions.

26
years’ average investment experience
18
years’ average time at Newton
  • Scott Freedman
    Scott Freedman

    Credit analyst & portfolio manager, Fixed Income team

  • Parmeshwar Chadha
    Parmeshwar Chadha

    Portfolio manager, fixed income

  • Howard Cunningham
    Howard Cunningham

    Portfolio manager, Fixed Income team

  • Paul Brain
    Paul Brain

    Deputy chief investment officer of Multi-Asset

  • Jon Day
    Jon Day

    Portfolio manager, Fixed Income team

  • Carl Shepherd
    Carl Shepherd

    Portfolio manager, Fixed Income team

  • Trevor Holder
    Trevor Holder

    Portfolio manager, fixed income

Strategy profile

Objective

To achieve strong returns and a high yield from a portfolio invested predominantly in global fixed-interest securities

Performance benchmark

ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global High-Yield excluding Bank Capital & Junior Subordinated (GBP hedged)

Strategy inception

Composite inception: 1 January 2001

Strategy available through pooled UK vehicle

BNY Mellon Global High Yield Bond Fund

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RI report Global High Yield Bond

Responsible investment report

Stewardship activities (voting and engagement) for the last quarter and ESG metrics.

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Your capital may be at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount invested.

Newton will make investment decisions that are not based solely on ESG considerations. Those considerations are among many inputs into the fundamental analysis. Other attributes of an investment may outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The way that material ESG considerations are assessed may vary depending on the asset class and strategy involved. As of September 2022, the research team performs ESG analysis on equity securities prior to their addition to Newton’s Research Recommended List (RRL). ESG reviews are not performed for all fixed income securities. The portfolio managers may purchase equity securities that are not included on the RRL and which do not have ESG reviews. Not all securities held by Newton’s strategies have an ESG review completed prior to investment.

Key investment risks

  • Objective/performance risk: There is no guarantee that the strategy will achieve its objectives.
  • Currency risk: This strategy invests in international markets which means it is exposed to changes in currency rates which could affect the value of the strategy.
  • Derivatives risk: Derivatives are highly sensitive to changes in the value of the asset from which their value is derived. A small movement in the value of the underlying asset can cause a large movement in the value of the derivative. This can increase the sizes of losses and gains, causing the value of your investment to fluctuate. When using derivatives, the strategy can lose significantly more than the amount it has invested in derivatives.
  • Changes in interest rates & inflation risk: Investments in bonds/money market securities are affected by interest rates and inflation trends which may negatively affect the value of the strategy.
  • Credit ratings and unrated securities risk: Bonds with a low credit rating or unrated bonds have a greater risk of default. These investments may negatively affect the value of the strategy.
  • Credit risk: The issuer of a security held by the strategy may not pay income or repay capital to the strategy when due.
  • Emerging markets risk: Emerging Markets have additional risks due to less-developed market practices.
  • Liquidity risk: The strategy may not always find another party willing to purchase an asset that the strategy wants to sell which could impact the strategy’s ability to sell the asset or to sell the asset at its current value.
  • CoCos risk: Contingent convertible securities (CoCos) convert from debt to equity when the issuer’s capital drops below a pre-defined level. This may result in the security converting into equities at a discounted share price, the value of the security being written down, temporarily or permanently, and/or coupon payments ceasing or being deferred.
  • Counterparty risk: The insolvency of any institutions providing services such as custody of assets or acting as a counterparty to derivatives or other contractual arrangements, may expose the strategy to financial loss.

Insights

Brainwaves episode 8 : Are developed and emerging bond markets imitating each other?
Video

Brainwaves episode 8: Are developed and emerging bond markets imitating each other?

The divergence trend: picking the winners from emerging and developed fixed-income markets.
25 September 2023
Fixed income
Global Dynamic Bond
Video

Fixed income – quarterly outlook

Trevor Holder explains the impacts of disinflation and liquidity conditions on fixed-income markets.
15 August 2023
Fixed income, Macro views
Brainwaves
Video

Brainwaves episode 7: How should multi-asset investors position for the new market regime?

How we use our macro thematic research to help unearth investment opportunities for multi-asset investors.
10 August 2023
Fixed income, Global equities, Multi-asset, Themes