The UK Long Corporate Bond Fund invests in a wide range of sterling denominated investment grade bonds with maturities of ten years or over. These bonds have credit ratings between AAA and BBB- or equivalent. The fund may be appropriate for use by pension funds where matching long-term liabilities is of paramount importance.

Euan McNeil
Investment Manager, Fixed Income

Euan joined AEGON Asset Management in 2003 from Britannic Asset Management, where he spent the previous two years on the corporate bond desk. Prior to joining Britannic, Euan was a portfolio manager covering Far East equities at Blairlogie, a boutique asset manager based in Edinburgh. In his current role, Euan is a support manager for the Sterling Corporate, Ethical Corporate, Global Bond and High Yield Bond funds, and lead manager of several pension funds. His primary research responsibilities are for the high yield sector. Euan has an honours degree in economics and French from the University of Strathclyde, and an MSc in investment analysis from the University of Stirling.

Launch Date

3 July 2000

Fund Size

£368.8 million
(as at 29/12/2006)

Benchmark

iBoxx £ Non Gilt >10 years

Performance Target

0.65% annualised (gross) outperformance of the benchmark over 3 years

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