AEGON Asset Management

European Bond Fund

Fund Objective

The primary investment objective is to maximise total return (income plus capital) by investing mainly in European fixed interest bonds, with some investment in Government and public securities.

Fund Manager

Euan McNeil

As of 1 January 2008.

Euan McNeil
Investment Manager, Fixed Income

Euan joined AEGON 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.

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Fund Details

Launch Date

October 1999

IMA Sector

Global Bond

Secondary Benchmark

iBoxx Euro Non Sovereign Bond Index, hedged back to Sterling

Initial Charge

5.5% (A Class)

Annual Charge

1.0% (A Class)

Payment Dates

30 November

Codes

Code Sedol FTMexID ISIN
A(acc) 844758 SEFBBS GB0008447582
E(acc) 852922 SEFCES GB0008529223
A(inc) 852933 SEFEBS GB0008529330

Awards and Ratings

Investment Fund Manager 2006Lipper Citywire Fund Manager 2006