Fixed Income

BlackRock Fixed Income Global Opportunities Fund (Aust)

  • Buy Price as of 18-Nov-2024 AUD 1.180304
  • Sell Price as of 18-Nov-2024 AUD 1.180304

Overview

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to maximise total return. The Fund invests at least 70% of its total assets in fixed income transferable securities denominated in various currencies issued by governments, agencies and companies worldwide. The full spectrum of available securities, including non-investment grade, may be utilised. Currency exposure is flexibly managed.

The BlackRock Fixed Income Global Opportunities Fund (Aust) Class D is currently closed to new investors.  
This product is likely to be appropriate for a consumer:
• seeking capital preservation
• using the product for a minor allocation of their portfolio or less
• with a minimum investment timeframe of 5 years
• with a medium risk/return profile, and
• who is unlikely to need access to their capital for up to two weeks from a request
This product is for advised consumers only.
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Performance

Performance

Growth of Hypothetical $10,000

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The chart reflects the performance of a hypothetical investment in the fund/share class of AUD10,000 over a specified period in time. The performance of the hypothetical investment is based on the actual past performance of the fund/share class over the specified period. Performance of the fund/share class is calculated on an exit-to-exit price basis, e.g. after fund management fees and expenses, and assume reinvestment of distributions. The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results.

Where the performance quoted reflects performance over a period of less than one year. Performance returns over the short term may not be indicative of long-term performance. 




Historical Prices: Historical NAV data from inception not available.  If you would like additional historical NAV data please contact us.

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results.

Distributions

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Fund distributions
Distribution figures represent past distributions declared and paid for by the Fund. There is no guarantee that distributions will be declared in the future, or that if declared, the amount of any distribution will remain constant or increase over time.  Only investors holding Units in the Fund at the end of the distribution period are entitled to any distributions.

Investors may elect to reinvest distributions or have distributions paid by direct deposit into a nominated Australian bank account.  If no distribution election is made, it will be taken that you have requested that distributions be reinvested in the fund. Distributions are generally paid within 21 business of the end of the distribution period.

The annual tax statement for the Fund will be sent to investors as soon as practically possible following the Fund financial year end on 30 June. Please refer to the Tax Statement Guide for more taxation information in relation to this distribution payment as well as information to assist you to complete your Australian tax return.

  1y 3y 5y 10y Incept.
Total Return (%) 8.92 0.32 1.45 2.35 2.35
Benchmark (%) 4.45 2.94 1.87 1.92 1.92
  YTD 1m 3m 6m 1y 3y 5y 10y Incept.
Total Return (%) 3.05 -1.58 0.79 4.24 8.92 0.97 7.47 26.09 26.09
Benchmark (%) 3.70 0.37 1.12 2.23 4.45 9.10 9.68 20.96 20.96
  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Return (%) 6.45 5.01 0.21 -6.95 5.42
Benchmark (%) 1.50 0.37 0.03 1.25 3.89

Performance is shown after deduction of ongoing charges. Any entry and exit charges are excluded from the calculation.

Incept.: The date on which the first fund/share class unit creation was processed.

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results.

Key Facts

Key Facts

Net Assets
as of 18-Nov-2024
AUD 1,920,172.76
Share Class Launch Date
31-Oct-2014
Share Class Currency
AUD
Asset Class
Fixed Income
Management Fee
0.70
Distribution Frequency
Annual
APIR
BLK0003AU
Net Assets of Fund
as of 18-Nov-2024
AUD 13,586,143.690
Fund Inception
29-Aug-2014
Fund Base Currency
AUD
Shares Outstanding
as of 18-Nov-2024
1,626,846
ISIN
AU60BLK00035
Domicile
Australia

Portfolio Characteristics

Portfolio Characteristics

12m Trailing Yield
as of 31-Oct-2024
5.03%

Sustainability Characteristics

Sustainability Characteristics

To be included in MSCI ESG Fund Ratings, 65% (or 50% for bond funds and money market funds) of the fund’s gross weight must come from securities with ESG coverage by MSCI ESG Research (certain cash positions and other asset types deemed not relevant for ESG analysis by MSCI are removed prior to calculating a fund’s gross weight; the absolute values of short positions are included but treated as uncovered), the fund’s holdings date must be less than one year old, and the fund must have at least ten securities. MSCI Ratings are currently unavailable for this fund.

Holdings

Holdings

as of 31-Oct-2024
Name Weight (%)
UNIFORM MBS 19.10
UNITED STATES TREASURY 2.91
SPAIN (KINGDOM OF) 2.23
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 1.20
INDIA (REPUBLIC OF) 1.15
Name Weight (%)
SOUTH AFRICA (REPUBLIC OF) 0.67
POLAND (REPUBLIC OF) 0.63
JAPAN (GOVERNMENT OF) 0.59
INDONESIA (REPUBLIC OF) 0.57
IRELAND (GOVERNMENT) 0.56
Reference to the company names mentioned in this communication is merely for explaining the investment strategy, and should not be construed as investment advice or investment recommendation of those companies.

Exposure Breakdowns

Exposure Breakdowns

as of 31-Oct-2024

% of Weight

Type Fund Benchmark Net
as of 31-Oct-2024

% of Weight

Type Fund Benchmark Net
as of 31-Oct-2024

% of Weight

Type Fund Benchmark Net
as of 31-Oct-2024

% of Weight

Type Fund Benchmark Net
Negative weightings may result from specific circumstances (including timing differences between trade and settle dates of securities purchased by the funds) and/or the use of certain financial instruments, including derivatives, which may be used to gain or reduce market exposure and/or risk management. Allocations are subject to change.

Portfolio Managers

Portfolio Managers

Rick Rieder
Rick Rieder
Managing Director, CIO of Global Fixed Income

  

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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.

Aidan Doyle, CFA
Aidan Doyle, CFA
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

  

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Aidan Doyle, CFA, Managing Director, is a portfolio manager within the Global Bond Team. He is co-lead manager for the BGF World Bond Fund, the BGF Global Government Bond Fund, the BGF Fixed Income Global Opportunities Fund, BGF ESG Fixed Income Global Opportunities Fund, and the BGF US Dollar Bond Fund.

 

Mr. Doyle began his career at BlackRock in 2010 when he joined the Global Bond Team as a portfolio manager. He is responsible for developing macro directional and relative value investment strategies and managing the team's global aggregate and global government bond portfolios.

 

Mr. Doyle. has a MSc degree in Finance from the Imperial College London, with a focus on fixed income and derivatives. He earned a BA degree in Economics, with honors, from Trinity College Dublin, with a focus on financial economics.

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