This section includes investor type descriptions for professional clients and market counterparties.
Professional client
A Professional Client is either: (i) a ‘deemed’ professional client; (ii) serviced-based professional client; or (iii) an assessed professional Client
(i) Deemed Professional Client
A person is a “deemed” professional client if the person is:
(ii) Service-based Professional Clients
A person is a ‘serviced-based’ professional client if
(iii) Assessed-based Professional Clients
Assessed-based professional clients can be either (i) individuals; or (ii) undertakings
Individuals
An individual (and associated joint account holders) would be classified as an ‘assessed-based professional client’ if:
Where there is a joint account in place, the secondary account holder must obtain confirmation in writing that investment decisions relating to the joint account are made for or on behalf of the secondary account holder
Undertakings
Undertakings, which are generally not individuals, would be classified as ‘assessed-based’ professional clients if it:
Market counterparties
A Market Counterparty is any person who is either:
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This chart shows the product's performance as the percentage loss or gain per year over the last 4 years.
This chart shows the product’s performance as the percentage loss or gain per year over the last 4 years against its benchmark. It can help you to assess how the product has been managed in the past and compare it to its benchmark.
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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Total Return (%) | -0.9 | -9.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
Performance is shown after deduction of ongoing charges. Any entry and exit charges are excluded from the calculation.
1y | 3y | 5y | 10y | Incept. | |
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Total Return (%) | 4.99 | 2.93 | 0.96 | - | 1.35 |
Comparator Benchmark 1 (%) | - | - | - | - | - |
YTD | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y | 3y | 5y | 10y | Incept. | |
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Total Return (%) | 2.49 | 0.56 | 1.04 | 2.49 | 4.99 | 9.05 | 4.89 | - | 7.20 |
Comparator Benchmark 1 (%) | - | -0.09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
From 30-Jun-2020 To 30-Jun-2021 |
From 30-Jun-2021 To 30-Jun-2022 |
From 30-Jun-2022 To 30-Jun-2023 |
From 30-Jun-2023 To 30-Jun-2024 |
From 30-Jun-2024 To 30-Jun-2025 |
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Total Return (%)
as of 30-Jun-2025 |
4.60 | -8.04 | -1.63 | 5.58 | 4.99 |
The figures shown relate to past performance. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Markets could develop very differently in the future. It can help you to assess how the fund has been managed in the past
Share Class and Benchmark performance displayed in EUR, hedged share class benchmark performance is displayed in EUR.
Performance is shown on a Net Asset Value (NAV) basis, with gross income reinvested where applicable. The return of your investment may increase or decrease as a result of currency fluctuations if your investment is made in a currency other than that used in the past performance calculation. Source: Blackrock
Name | Weight (%) |
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UMBS 30YR TBA(REG A) | 8.24 |
ISH EUR HY CRP BND ETF EUR DIST | 5.85 |
GNMA2 30YR TBA(REG C) | 1.50 |
FHLMC 30YR UMBS | 1.09 |
GNMA2 30YR | 1.07 |
Name | Weight (%) |
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VOLKSWAGEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE N RegS 4.625 12/31/2079 | 0.62 |
BRGPT_4X AR RegS | 0.62 |
FICLO_23-1X AR RegS | 0.60 |
FNMA 30YR UMBS | 0.60 |
ACLO_8X A RegS | 0.60 |
% of Market Value
% of Market Value
% of Market Value
Investor Class | Currency | NAV | NAV Amount Change | NAV % Change | NAV As Of | 52wk High | 52wk Low | ISIN |
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Class A2 | EUR | 10.48 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 15-Jul-2025 | 10.48 | 10.07 | LU2098887420 |
Class AI2 | EUR | 10.47 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 15-Jul-2025 | 10.47 | 10.06 | LU2144843310 |
Class D2 | EUR | 10.75 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 15-Jul-2025 | 10.75 | 10.28 | LU2098887693 |
Class D2 Hedged | USD | 10.84 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 15-Jul-2025 | 10.84 | 10.18 | LU2352260140 |
Class D2 Hedged | GBP | 10.40 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 15-Jul-2025 | 10.40 | 9.93 | LU2896486664 |
Rick Rieder, Managing Director, is BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income, Head of the Fundamental Fixed Income business, and Head of the Global Allocation Investment Team. Mr. Rieder is responsible for roughly $2.4 trillion in assets. He is a member of BlackRock’s Executive Sub-Committee on Investments, a member of BlackRock's Global Operating Committee, and Chairman of the firm-wide BlackRock Investment Council.
Before joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Rieder was President and Chief Executive Officer of R3 Capital Partners. He served as Vice Chairman and member of the Borrowing Committee for the U.S. Treasury and member of the Federal Reserve’s Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets.
Mr. Rieder currently serves on the Alphabet/Google Investment Advisory Committee and the UBS Research Advisory Board. He was nominated for Outstanding Portfolio Manager by Morningstar in 2021, was awarded the Global Unconstrained Fixed Income Manager of the Year for 2015 by Institutional Investor, was nominated for Fixed Income Manager of the Year by Institutional Investor for 2014, and was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Fixed Income Hall of Fame in 2013. Four of the funds Mr. Rieder manages (Strategic Income Opportunities, Fixed Income Global Opportunities, Total Return, and Strategic Global Bond) have been awarded Gold Medals by Morningstar.
From 1987 to 2008, Mr. Rieder was with Lehman Brothers, most recently as head of the firm's Global Principal Strategies team, a global proprietary investment platform. He was also global head of the firm's credit businesses, Chairman of the Corporate Bond and Loan Capital Commitment Committee, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the corporate pension fund. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Rieder was a credit analyst at SunTrust Banks in Atlanta.
Mr. Rieder earned a BBA degree in Finance from Emory University in 1983 and an MBA degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. He is a member of the board of Emory University, Emory's Business School, and the University's Finance Committee, and is the Vice Chairman of the Investment Committee. Mr. Rieder is founder and chairman of the business school's BBA investment fund and community financial literacy program.
Mr. Rieder serves as Chairman and President of the Board of Education for North Star Academy's fourteen Charter Schools in Newark, New Jersey, and is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Graduation Generation Public School Collaboration in Atlanta. He is on the Board of the BlackRock Foundation, the Board of Advisors for the Hospital for Special Surgery, and the Board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Newark and Essex County. Mr. Rieder formerly served on the Board and National Leadership Council of the Communities in Schools Educational Foundation, and Trustee for the US Olympic Foundation. Mr. Rieder was honored at the Choose Success Awards ceremony in Atlanta in 2015 for his dedication to public education in Atlanta through CIS and Graduation Generation.
Jose Aguilar, Managing Director, is the head of European High Yield and Long Short Credit Strategies.
Jose Aguilar, Managing Director, is the head of European High Yield and Long Short Credit Strategies. He is portfolio manager for the European High Yield, Global High Yield, Global Long Short Credit and Credit Strategies Income Funds. He is also a co-lead PM on for the iShares € Flexible Income Bond Active UCITS ETF (IFLX).
Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Aguilar was a senior research analyst at R3 Capital Partners focusing on Leverage Finance and Special Situations. He began his career at Lehman Brothers in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group covering Financial Institutions. Mr. Aguilar earned degrees in Business Administration and Law from Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain.
Kate Galustian, Managing Director, is Head of European ABS and a portfolio manager within BlackRock's Global Fixed Income group.
Kate Galustian, Managing Director, is Head of European ABS and a portfolio manager within BlackRock's Global Fixed Income group.
Prior to joining Blackrock in 2018, Mrs. Galustian was an Executive Director at UBS, where over 9 years she held a variety of structured finance-related roles, most recently having responsibility for managing European ABS portfolios in the Legacy Group. Before that, she was at S&P as a structured finance analyst undertaking rating and surveillance of European transactions with a focus on RMBS.
Mrs. Galustian holds a first class BA (Hons) degree in Business Studies from Leeds Metropolitan University.
Max Huefner, Managing Director, is a Senior Portfolio Manager and the Head of Global Credit as well as European Investment Grade within BlackRock's Global Fixed Income group
Max Huefner, Managing Director, is a Senior Portfolio Manager and the Head of Global Credit as well as European Investment Grade within BlackRock's Global Fixed Income group. In that capacity, he is a lead portfolio manager of the BGF Global Corporate Bond Fund, European Corporate Bond Fund as well as managing total return strategies for European credit on SIO/FIGO led by Rick Rieder. He is also a co-lead PM on for the iShares € Flexible Income Bond Active UCITS ETF (IFLX).
Mr. Huefner started his career as a credit analyst in 2007 holding positions at Moody's and various leading European financial institutions before joining BlackRock. His tenure at BlackRock spans over ten years as a credit portfolio manager as well as credit analyst.
Leopold Lansing, Director, is a portfolio manager on BlackRock's Fundamental Fixed Income team
Leopold Lansing, Director, is a portfolio manager on BlackRock's Fundamental Fixed Income team, focusing on Global Corporate and Global Multi-Sector strategies where he is responsible for idea generation and implementation.
Mr. Lansing is co-lead manager for the BlackRock Absolute Return Bond Fund (BARBF) and the iShares € Flexible Income Bond Active ETF (IFLX). He is also a part of the portfolio management team for BGF Global Corporate Bond Fund (GCB) and a member of the firm’s European Investor Group (EIG).
Mr. Lansing began his career at BlackRock in 2017 in the Global Bond team as a portfolio manager. He earned a BA degree in Economics, with a focus on macroeconomics and econometrics, from the University of Cambridge.
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Business Involvement metrics can help investors gain a more comprehensive view of specific activities in which a fund may be exposed through its investments.
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Review the MSCI methodology behind the Sustainability Characteristics and Business Involvement metrics: 1ESG Fund Ratings; 2Index Carbon Footprint Metrics; 3Business Involvement Screening Research; 4ESG Screened Index Methodology; 5ESG Controversies; 6MSCI Implied Temperature Rise
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