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Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond

The Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Composite seeks capital appreciation primarily through investment in fixed income securities, floating rate bank loans and floating rate debt securities rated below investment grade (BB or below) by S&P, Moody’s or another nationally recognized securities rating organization (NRSRO).

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3YR Return Annualised (Net)
(View Total Returns)

Tracking Error
(5 Years)

5.64%
1.98%
Data as of 31-Dec-2020
Data as of 31-Dec-2020

1YR Return (Net)
(View Total Returns)

Information Ratio
(5 Years)

6.23%
0.16
Data as of 31-Dec-2020
Data as of 31-Dec-2020

Inception Date 30-Jun-2015

Performance figures calculated in USD

Steve Boothe, CFA
Steve Boothe, CFA, Portfolio Manager

Steve Boothe is the head of Global Investment Grade Corporate Bonds and a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division. He has lead portfolio management responsibilities for the Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond and US Investment Grade Corporate Bond Strategies. He is a member of the Global Multi-Sector and U.S. Taxable Bond teams, with a focus on global and U.S. investment-grade corporate bond portfolios. Steve is a co-president and cochair of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Corporate Income Fund, an executive vice president of the Multi-Sector Account Portfolios, a vice president and Investment Advisory Committee member of the New Income and Global Multi-Sector Bond Funds, and a vice president of the Global, Institutional Income, and International Funds. He also is the Investment Advisory Committee chairman of the Investment-Grade Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio and a member of the Dynamic Credit, Institutional Long Duration Credit, International Disciplined Equity, and Institutional International Disciplined Equity Funds. Steve is a member of the Fixed Income Steering and Global Trading Committees. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

 
  • This product's strategy also available as
  • a SICAV

Strategy

Investment Approach

  • The investment manager’s approach is based on proprietary fundamental research harvested by our global research platform.
  • The investment process places a strong emphasis on risk management practices and portfolio diversification to manage the overall risk profile.

Portfolio Construction

  • Duration is managed within +/- 20% of benchmark
  • Non-Corporate Credit: 0-20%
  • Below Investment Grade: 0-20%, BB- minimum credit quality at time of purchase
  • Excess Return Target and expect vol are +125 bps and 100-300 bps
  • The excess return target represents the portfolio manager's goal of outperforming the stated benchmark for the strategy, employing its standard investment guidelines. A strategy's standard benchmark may be different from a client benchmark. The target is based on an analysis of a strategy's historical performance, investment universe, anticipated future market conditions, peer performance, benchmark characteristics, investment guidelines, and other factors. The target reflects the current views of the portfolio manager and is subject to change. There is no guarantee that the target will be realized or achieved and actual results experienced by clients may vary from the target shown.
  • Holdings: typically 75-150 Issuers

Holdings

Issuers

Top
Issuers
10
Top 10 Issuers 17.35% Was (30-Sep-2020) 18.12%
Other View Top 10 Issuers

Monthly data as of31-Dec-2020

Holdings

Total
Holdings
210
Largest Holding Goldman Sachs 1.45% Was (30-Sep-2020) 1.11%
Top 10 Holdings 10.70%
Other View Full Holdings Quarterly data as of  31-Dec-2020

Quality Rating View quality analysis

  Largest Overweight Largest Underweight
Quality Rating BB A
By % 12.44% -11.03%
Portfolio 13.70% 27.28%
Benchmark 1.26% 38.31%

Average Credit Quality

BBB

Monthly Data as of  31-Dec-2020
Benchmark:  Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporates Bond USD Hedged Index

Sources for Credit Quality: Moody’s Investors Service; if Moody’s does not rate a security, then Standard & Poor’s (S&P) is used as a secondary source. When available, T. Rowe Price will use Fitch for securities that are not rated by Moody’s or S&P. T. Rowe Price does not evaluate these ratings but simply assigns them to the appropriate credit quality category as determined by the rating agency. T. Rowe Price uses the rating of the underlying investment vehicle for credit default swaps.

U.S. Treasury securities are issued by the U.S. Treasury and are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. The ratings of U.S. Treasury securities are derived from the ratings on the U.S. government. 

Maturity View maturity analysis

  Largest Overweight Largest Underweight
Maturity 3-5 Years 1-3 Years
By % 5.68% -12.86%
Portfolio 25.64% 6.34%
Benchmark 19.96% 19.20%

Weighted Average Maturity

9.34 Years

Monthly Data as of  31-Dec-2020
Benchmark:  Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporates Bond USD Hedged Index

Duration View duration analysis

  Largest Overweight Largest Underweight
Duration 7-10 Years 1-3 Years
By % 8.19% -10.07%
Portfolio 22.23% 10.65%
Benchmark 14.05% 20.72%

Weighted Average Duration

7.01 Years

Monthly Data as of  31-Dec-2020
Benchmark: Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporates Bond USD Hedged Index

Countries

Total
Countries
30
Largest Country United States 58.99% Was (30-Sep-2020) 58.74%
Other View complete Country Diversification

Monthly Data as of 31-Dec-2020

Benchmark: Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporates Bond USD Hedged Index

Largest Overweight

United States
By4.14%
Portfolio 58.99%
Benchmark 54.85%

Largest Underweight

France
By-6.26%
Portfolio 0.56%
Benchmark 6.82%

Monthly Data as of 31-Dec-2020

Currency

Total
Currencies
5
Largest Currency 99.12% Was (30-Sep-2020) 99.27%
Other View completeCurrency Diversification

Monthly Data as of  31-Dec-2020

Benchmark : Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Corporates Bond USD Hedged Index

Largest Overweight

U.S. dollar
By 33.69%
Portfolio 99.12%
Benchmark 65.42%

Largest Underweight

euro
By -24.60%
Portfolio -0.02%
Benchmark 24.58%

Monthly Data as of  31-Dec-2020

Team (As of 12-Apr-2021)

Steve Boothe, CFA

Steve Boothe, CFA
Portfolio Manager

Steve Boothe is the head of Global Investment Grade Corporate Bonds and a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division. He has lead portfolio management responsibilities for the Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond and US Investment Grade Corporate Bond Strategies. He is a member of the Global Multi-Sector and U.S. Taxable Bond teams, with a focus on global and U.S. investment-grade corporate bond portfolios. Steve is a co-president and cochair of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Corporate Income Fund, an executive vice president of the Multi-Sector Account Portfolios, a vice president and Investment Advisory Committee member of the New Income and Global Multi-Sector Bond Funds, and a vice president of the Global, Institutional Income, and International Funds. He also is the Investment Advisory Committee chairman of the Investment-Grade Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio and a member of the Dynamic Credit, Institutional Long Duration Credit, International Disciplined Equity, and Institutional International Disciplined Equity Funds. Steve is a member of the Fixed Income Steering and Global Trading Committees. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Steve’s investment experience began in 1997, and he has been with T. Rowe price since 1999, beginning as a credit research analyst covering the global telecommunications and technology industries in the Fixed Income Division. After that, he became an investment-grade corporate portfolio manager. Prior to this, Steve was employed by Raymond James Financial as an associate.

Steve earned a B.A. in economics/mathematics from Columbia University. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Steve is a Series 7 and 63 registered representative.

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

  • Portfolio manager
    since
    2015
  • Years at
    T. Rowe Price
    21
  • Years investment
    experience
    23
Howard Woodward

Howard Woodward
Portfolio Manager

Howard Woodward is a portfolio manager and analyst in the Fixed Income Division in London. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Howard’s investment experience began in 2000 when he joined T. Rowe Price, beginning in the Fixed Income Division. Prior to this, Howard was employed by Baring Asset Management as an analyst.

Howard earned a B.Sc. in economics and accounting from Bristol University. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

  • Portfolio manager
    since
    2015
  • Years at
    T. Rowe Price
  • Years investment
    experience
Stephen Marsh, CFA

Stephen Marsh, CFA
Portfolio Specialist

Stephen Marsh is a portfolio specialist in the Fixed Income Division of T. Rowe Price, based in London. He acts as a proxy for fixed income portfolio managers with clients, consultants and prospects. He has a broad range of knowledge in fixed income, currency, credit and derivatives, enabling him to customise solutions for clients and to present at conferences. Mr. Marsh is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Mr. Marsh has 17 years investment experience. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price in 2015, he worked at SEI Investments as head of the European fixed income division and as a portfolio manager. He has also held investment roles at Merrill Lynch, RMB International and Liontrust Asset Management.

Mr. Marsh earned a B.A. (with honors) in business studies from the University of Central Lancashire, majoring in economics. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  • Years at
    T. Rowe Price
  • Years investment
    experience

Number of years managing the strategy. In the case of co-portfolio management, the longer tenure is displayed. 

Holdings information and other breakdowns (such as country and currency) are related to those of representative portfolio ("Portfolio"). The Portfolio is an account in the composite we believe most closely reflects current portfolio management style for the strategy. Performance is not a consideration in the selection of the representative portfolio. The characteristics of the representative portfolio shown may differ from those of other accounts in the strategy. Please see the GIPS® Disclosure page for additional information on the composite.

The specific securities identified and described above do not represent all of the securities purchased, sold or recommended for advisory clients and no assumptions should be made that investments in the securities identified and discussed were or will be profitable. 

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