The Overseas Bond Fund is an actively managed fund investing primarily in bonds issued by governments outside the UK. The fund is permitted to invest in non-government issues. The fund's aim is to provide a performance in excess of that of the Citigroup WGBI ex UK Index. The key factors in generating investment performance for the Overseas Bond fund will be: duration strategy and yield curve strategy, country and currency strategy, and credit strategy.

John McNeill
Head of International Rates

John joined AEGON in August 2006 from Resolution Asset Management, where he spent six years managing overseas government bonds. Prior to that, John was a founding member of the economic consultancy IDEA in London and he also served as a bond strategist for Sutherlands in Edinburgh. John has an honours degree in economics from the University of Strathclyde and is a CFA charterholder.

Launch Date

31 August 1993

Fund Size

£14.1 million
(as at 29/12/2006)

Benchmark

Citigroup WGBI ex UK Index

Performance Target

1.0% annualised (gross) outperformance of the benchmark over 3 years

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