GLG High Yield Opportunities

The GLG High Yield Opportunities strategy is an unconstrained global high yield strategy which aims to provide a compelling level of income and strong total returns.
 
  • Bottom-up analysis is at the forefront of the strategy’s investment process and is intended as the primary driver of performance whilst investment themes provide a top-down lens as the secondary driver
  • The strategy is run by a multi-award winning portfolio manager, Michael Scott1, who has an established track record of investing in high yield bonds
  • At Man GLG, we believe the access and proximity to equity and credit specialists provides a unique attribute for a high yield bond strategy

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Why High Yield Bond?

 

Approach

The investment team employ a bottom-up approach within a repeatable, data driven investment process. By seeking to avoid many of the risks that a large number of macro focused high yield funds are subject to, the team have a highly dynamic security selection process.

Bottom-up credit selection forms the focal point of the investment process and the investment team conducts a rigorous analysis of an issuer’s solvency and ability to meet its debt obligations before any investment is made. The team conduct in-depth research into issuers’ business models and assess multiple fundamental factors both on a historical and forward looking basis to derive how future credit quality may evolve.

Investment themes help to provide the top-down lens which bottom-up decisions are viewed through. These themes will be formed based on consideration of the macroeconomic backdrop as well as consumer trends, technology, demographics, regulation and other secular drivers that may impact the investment landscape at a regional, country, sector or issuer level.

The unconstrained remit of the strategy provides the portfolio manager with the freedom to avoid unwanted risk concentrations by region, currency or sector that exist from time to time in credit benchmarks.

Approach Long-only
Asset Class Fixed Income
Geographic Focus Global

Manager(s)

Mike Scott
Mike Scott, CFA
Head of Global High Yield & Credit Opportunities, Man GLG

Availability

This strategy is available through the following product(s). Due to local laws and regulation not all products will be available in your jurisdiction. Please refer to your country specific product availability page. Click below to access more information on each product, such as factsheets, prices and performance, key facts and product documentation.

Please be aware that investments products involve risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested. Alternative investments can involve significant risks and the value of an investment may go down as well as up. The prices and performance of underlying products may be significantly different from the strategy performance shown here due to a number of factors including currency fluctuations, product specific trading restriction or regulatory requirements.

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Considerations

One should carefully consider the risks associated with investing, whether the strategy suits your investment requirements and whether you have sufficient resources to bear any losses which may result from an investment:

Investment Objective Risk - There is no guarantee that the Strategy will achieve its investment objective.

Market Risk - The Strategy is subject to normal market fluctuations and the risks associated with investing in international securities markets and therefore the value of your investment and the income from it may rise as well as fall and you may not get back the amount originally invested.

Counterparty Risk - The Strategy will be exposed to credit risk on counterparties with which it trades in relation to on-exchange traded instruments such as futures and options and where applicable, ‘over-the- counter’("OTC","non-exchange") transactions. OTC instruments may also be less liquid and are not afforded the same protections that may apply to participants trading instruments on an organised exchange.

Currency Risk - The value of investments designated in another currency may rise and fall due to exchange rate fluctuations. Adverse movements in currency exchange rates may result in a decrease in return and a loss of capital. It may not be possible or practicable to successfully hedge against the currency risk exposure in all circumstances.

Liquidity Risk - The Strategy may make investments or hold trading positions in markets that are volatile and which may become illiquid. Timely and cost efficient sale of trading positions can be impaired by decreased trading volume and/or increased price volatility..

Financial Derivatives - The Strategy will invest financial derivative instruments ("FDI") (instruments whose prices are dependent on one or more underlying asset) to achieve its investment objective. The use of FDI involves additional risks such as high sensitivity to price movements of the asset on which it is based. The extensive use of FDI may significantly multiply the gains or losses.

Leverage - The Strategy's use of FDI may result in increased leverage which may lead to significant losses.

Emerging Markets - The Strategy may invest a significant proportion of its assets in securities with exposure to emerging markets which involve additional risks relating to matters such as the illiquidity of securities and the potentially volatile nature of markets not typically associated with investing in other more established economies or markets.

Hybrid Securities - The Strategy may invest in contingent convertible (“coco”) bonds. The performance of such bonds is dependent on a number of factors including interest rates, credit and equity performance, and the correlations between factors. As such these securities introduce significant additional risk to an investment in the Strategy.

Non-Investment Grade Securities - The Strategy may invest a significant proportion of its assets in non-investment grade securities (such as “high yield” securities) are considered higher risk investments that may cause income and principal losses for the Strategy. They are instruments which credit agencies have given a rating which indicates a higher risk of default. The market values for high yield bonds and other instruments tend to be volatile and they are less liquid than investment grade securities.

Total Return - Whilst the Strategy aims to provide capital growth over 3 years, a positive return is not guaranteed over any time period and capital is in fact at risk.