Pendal Fixed Interest (RFA0813AU) Report & Performance

What is the Pendal Fixed Interest fund?

Pendal Fixed Interest aims to provide a return (before fees, costs and taxes) that exceeds the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index over the medium term. The return is expected to be comprised primarily of income. This Fund is designed for investors who want income, diversification across a broad range of cash and fixed interest securities and are prepared to accept some variability of returns.

  • The Fund aims to take advantage of investment opportunities primarily within the Australian fixed interest market by investing in a combination of Commonwealth government, semi-government and corporate debt and short-term money market securities.
  • The Fund may also invest tactically in international fixed interest markets.
  • The Fund can use derivatives to achieve its investment objective and to gain exposure to assets and markets.

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Pendal Fixed Interest Fund Commentary December 31, 2020

The Fund outperformed its benchmark in December by 0.06% (pre-fee) returning –0.21% vs a benchmark return of –0.27%. The credit/Government bond component outperformed whilst the overlay was flat. The Fund made the gains from an overweight short end physical position as yields drifted away from Yield Curve Control targets early in the month only to drift back on solid RBA buying by mid-month. The portfolio has a small overweight Australian duration position but focused around the 5yr point of the curve. We remain wary of long end moves into the new year given the strong risk on sentiment in markets in general. The Enhanced Credit Fund returned 0.18% (pre-fee) and outperformed its benchmark over the month of December.

Enhanced Credit’s portfolio performed strongly on the back of its overweight in Infrastructure and underweight in Supranationals. The Supra sector continues to struggle in the low yield environment during COVID. At the end of December this sector had a sector average spread of 22bp compared 48bp for the overall Bloomberg Non-Government Index.

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Fund Name Last Month
? Returns after fees in the most recent (last) month).
3 Months Return
? Returns after fees in the most recent 3 months.
1 Year Return
? Trailing 12 month returns.
3 Years Average Return
? Average Annual returns from the last 3 years.
Since Inc. Average Return
? Average (annualised) returns since inception
1 Year Std. Dev. (Annual)
? The standard deviation (or annual volatility) of the last 12 months.
3 Years Std. Dev. (Annual)
? The average standard deviation (or annual volatility) from the last 3 years.
Since Inc. Std. Dev. (Annual)
? The average standard deviation (or annual volatility) since the fund inception.
1 Year Max Drawdown
? The maximum drawdown in the last 12 months - a drawdown is a peak-to-trough decline during a specific period for an investment, trading account, or fund.
3 Year Max Drawdown
? The maximum drawdown in the last 36 months - a drawdown is a peak-to-trough decline during a specific period for an investment, trading account, or fund.
Since Inc. Max Drawdown
? The maximum drawdown since inception - a drawdown is a peak-to-trough decline during a specific period for an investment, trading account, or fund.
Pendal Fixed Interest0.32%3.22%7.33%-1.18%4.61%5.18%6.62%3.81%-2.06%-11.79%-14.12%

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What is Pendal Fixed Interest

Pendal Fixed Interest is an Managed Funds investment product that is benchmarked against Australian Bond Composite 0-10Y Index and sits inside the Fixed Income - Bonds - Australia Index. Think of a benchmark as a standard where investment performance can be measured. Typically, market indices like the ASX200 and market-segment stock indexes are used for this purpose. The Pendal Fixed Interest has Assets Under Management of 802.86 M with a management fee of 0.5%, a performance fee of 0.00% and a buy/sell spread fee of 0.16%.

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