The primary investment objective is to maximise total return (income plus capital) by investing in Sterling denominated bonds issued by a company or organisation which meets the fund's predefined ethical criteria. Investments may encompass investment grade corporate bonds, cash and up to 10% of the fund in high yield bonds.

Phil Milburn
Investment Manager, Fixed Income

 

Phil joined AEGON in 1997. He is the fund manager of the High Yield Bond, Ethical Corporate Bond and European Bond funds as well as a high performance target segregated fund; he is also the support manager for the Sterling Corporate Bond, Investment Grade Bond and Global Bond funds. Phil's main research responsibility is covering high yield bonds. He holds a first class MA honours degree in economics from the University of Edinburgh. Phil is Citywire’s UK Corporate Bond Manager of the Year for 2006 and Investment Week's UK Corporate Bond Fund Manager of the Year 2006.

• Monthly Factsheet
  (PDF 163KB)
• Fund Specific Features
  (PDF 26KB)
• Ethical Focus
  (PDF 1.6MB)
• Ethical Screening Process
  (PDF 115KB)
• OBSR Rating
  (PDF 30KB)

Launch Date

April 2000

IMA Sector

£ Corporate Bond

Secondary Benchmark

iBoxx Sterling Non-Gilt

Initial Charge

4.5% (A Class)

Annual Charge

1.0% (A Class)

Payment Dates

31 March, 30 June, 30 September, 31 December

Codes

Code	Sedol	FTMexID	ISIN
A(acc)	534264	SESRA	GB0005342646
B(acc)	B018K35	SESRB	GB00B018K352
A(inc)	534242	SESRI	GB0005342422
B(inc)	BOC4RP3	SEBII	GB00B0C4RP31