The UK Government Bond Fund invests solely in UK government gilts and cash with a view to providing a return in excess of the All Stocks index. The key factors in generating investment performance for the UK Government Bond Fund are: the maturity profile, market timing and cash raising.

Kirsten Stirling
Head of UK Rates

Kirsten is responsible for gilt and index linked strategy within the rates team. She is also the lead fund manager for the UK Government, UK Index Linked and UK Long Gilt pooled funds, as well as being one of the fund managers of institutional pension funds with segregated mandates. Kirsten joined AEGON in June 2000, having previously worked as an investment manager for Baillie Gifford. She holds a first class BSc honours degree in mathematics and statistics from the University of St Andrews, and is ASIP qualified.

Launch Date

1 July 2000

Fund Size

£47.5 million
(as at 29/12/2006)

Benchmark

FTSE UK Gilts All Stocks index

Performance Target

0.6% annualised (gross) outperformance of the benchmark over 3 years

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