Eurizon Fund – Bond Aggregate RMB was awarded Best Asia Pacific Local Currency Bond Fund Over Three Years ai 2023 Lipper Fund Award Europe, first out of 28 funds. The Luxembourg fund is managed by Eurizon SLJ Capital LTD, the London-based asset manager (65% controlled by Eurizon) specializing in investment and advisory services with a focus on currency management and macroeconomic research. Eurizon Fund – Bond Aggregate RMB was also awarded at the 2023 Lipper Fund Awards Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and Nordics.
Eurizon Fund – Bond Aggregate RMB is a sub-fund specialized in investing in bonds denominated in Renminbi traded on the China Interbank Bond Market and in other markets of the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong. Launched in February 2018, it quickly became one of the largest mutual funds specializing in this asset class outside of China, with assets at the end of March 2023 of around €1,2 billion.
In recent months they have been rewarded also Eurizon Fund – Absolute Active as best fund at the Lipper Fund Awards Austria in the 10-year Absolute Return EUR Low category out of 17 funds; and Epsilon Fund – Euro Bond as best fund at the Lipper Fund Awards Nordics in the Bond EMU Government category at 3 years (out of 21 funds), 5 years (out of 21 funds) and 10 years (out of 18 funds).
The comments of the CEO of Eurizon SLJ Capital LTD
“The Chinese bond market offers an interesting investment opportunity in the current market environment – he commented stephen li jen, CEO of Eurizon SLJ Capital LTD -. We invest in renminbi-denominated bonds traded on the China Interbank Bond Market and other markets in the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong. Our management team has in-depth knowledge of Chinese markets in general and government and corporate bonds in particular, favoring names with good liquidity and attractive risk/reward profiles.” For more than three decades, the Lipper Awards have recognized funds and management companies for their three-, five- and XNUMX-year risk-adjusted performance relative to their competitors. Based on Lipper's proprietary, quantitative methodology, the awards reflect an independent assessment of the funds' performance.
