Our Sustainable Euro Corporate Bonds fund is intended for clients wanting to capitalise on the attractive returns of bonds issued by corporations that do a good job in managing their sustainability-related challenges.

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The corporate bond selection process consists of two major phases: the sustainability analysis and the fixed-income investment process.

First of all, our team of 11 sustainable development specialists applies our in-house sustainability analysis to the investment universe of companies issuing Euro corporate bonds. The aim is to select among these companies the most sustainable and responsible issuers, i.e. the SRI company universe. This analysis can visually be presented as follows.

For a more detailed description of each step, please click on the blue building boxes.  

The SRI Company Universe is composed of all Euro corporate bond issuers passing positively the Best-in-Class Analysis, the Norms-based Analysis and the Armament Exclusion filter.

Secondly, after applying the sustainability research process, bond issuers are selected from the SRI universe via a structured and strict fixed-income investment process. This process is founded on quantitative models and in-depth market analysis, aimed at exploiting various sources of performance. The credit strategy consists of a top-down credit allocation approach as well as a bottom-up approach. Top-down, determinant factors and the outlook for the financial and non-financial sectors are analysed.  Bottom-up, a selection of securities is executed, based on an appraisal of the credit quality and of the valorisation of the issuer.

Finally, a risk budgeting process prevents a too high concentration of risks.