Aviva Investors - Global Climate Credit Fund I USD
Fund overview
Objective: To generate income and increase the value of the Shareholder’s investment by outperforming the Benchmark over the long term (5 years or more). The Fund aims to achieve these financial goals while aligning with a net zero emissions pathway by 2050.
Investments: The Fund invests at least 80% of total net assets (excluding derivatives for efficient portfolio management) in bonds of companies from anywhere in the world (including emerging markets) responding to climate change which also meet the Investment Manager's “core investment” criteria.
At least 50% of the Fund’s total net assets will qualify as Sustainable Investments that contribute to positive environmental outcomes and support the transition to a low carbon economy.
In this core investment, the Fund invests into the following categories:
• “Solutions”, corporate bonds providing solutions for climate change;
• “Operations” companies that are aligning or have aligned their business to be resilient in a warmer climate and low-carbon economy.
• Green, Social and Sustainability (“GSS”) bonds, where the use of proceeds is allocated to projects that have positive environmental, social, or sustainability benefits.
• Sustainability-Linked Bonds (“SLB”), where these bonds are tied to the achievement of Key Performance Indicators that promote positive environmental, social or sustainability outcomes.
Strategy: Companies will be identified as eligible for core investment if they satisfy the “Solutions” or “Operations” criteria and comply with the Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB) Exclusions, or are GSS bonds or SLB bonds, provided that issuers of the latter comply with the PAB Exclusions.
Also, the Fund aims to support the global transition to net zero by focusing on companies with decarbonisation pathways that align with a well-below 2°C pathway.
For more details on the Fund specific risks, click here.
For more details on our Sustainable Finance Disclosures, click here.
Cumulative performance
| 31 Dec 15 - 31 Dec 16 | 31 Dec 16 - 31 Dec 17 | 31 Dec 17 - 31 Dec 18 | 31 Dec 18 - 31 Dec 19 | 31 Dec 19 - 31 Dec 20 | 31 Dec 20 - 31 Dec 21 | 31 Dec 21 - 31 Dec 22 | 31 Dec 22 - 31 Dec 23 | 31 Dec 23 - 31 Dec 24 | 31 Dec 24 - 31 Dec 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund (%) | - | - | - | - | - | - | -14.65 | 9.25 | 4.08 | 7.46 |
| Benchmark (%) | - | - | - | - | - | - | -14.11 | 9.10 | 3.69 | 7.08 |
| IA Sector | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | Since inception | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund (%) | 0.49 | 0.80 | 3.53 | 7.20 | 18.45 | - | - | 5.82 |
| Benchmark (%) | 0.41 | 0.73 | 3.29 | 6.86 | 17.54 | - | - | 5.98 |
| IA Sector | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quartile Ranking | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | Since inception | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund (%) | 5.81 | - | - | 1.20 |
| Benchmark (%) | 5.54 | - | - | 1.23 |
| IA Sector | - | - | - | - |
| Quartile Ranking | 2 | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund (%) | - | - | - | - | - | - | -14.65 | 9.25 | 4.08 | 7.46 | 0.49 |
| Benchmark (%) | - | - | - | - | - | - | -14.11 | 9.10 | 3.69 | 7.08 | 0.41 |
| IA Sector | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source: Morningstar
Past performance is not a guide to future performance
Performance basis: Mid to mid, in the share class reference currency, gross of tax payable by the Fund with income reinvested. Net figures are net of ongoing charges and fees. Net and Gross performance does not include the effect of any exit or entry charge.
The Fund's performance is compared against the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate Index (the “Benchmark” or the “Index”).
For further information on Sustainability Risk please refer to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure section. The Fund was previously called Aviva Investors - Climate Transition Global Credit Fund up until 14th May 2025.Fund commentary
Summary review
The spreads of global investment-grade corporate bonds narrowed in January on broadly constructive risk appetite, despite renewed worries about tariffs early in the month. In the fund, our short positions in the long end of both the sterling and US dollar curves were beneficial.
Fees and expenses
Portfolio
Risks
Investment risk & currency risk: The value of an investment and any income from it can go down as well as up and can fluctuate in response to changes in currency and exchange rates. Investors may not get back the original amount invested.
Credit and interest rate risk: Bond values are affected by changes in interest rates and the bond issuer's creditworthiness. Bonds that offer the potential for a higher income typically have a greater risk of default
Illiquid securities risk: Some investments could be hard to value or to sell at a desired time, or at a price considered to be fair (especially in large quantities), and as a result their prices can be volatile.
Counterparty risk: The Fund could lose money if an entity with which it does business becomes unwilling or is unable to meet its obligations to the Fund.
Derivatives risk: Derivatives are instruments that can be complex and highly volatile, have some degree of unpredictability (especially in unusual market conditions), and can create losses significantly greater than the cost of the derivative itself.
Sustainability Risk: The level of sustainability risk may fluctuate depending on which investment opportunities the Investment Manager identifies. This means that the fund is exposed to Sustainability Risk which may impact the value of investments over the long term.
Full information on risks applicable to the Fund are in the Prospectus and the Key Investor Information Document (KIID).
Management
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