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Mutual Fund Top Trumps: Convertibles – 15 February 2024

This week FSA presents a quick comparison of two convertibles funds: the BNP Paribas Global Convertibles fund and the JP Morgan Global Convertibles Conservative fund.
Source: FE Fundinfo. All relevant fund data converted to US dollars for comparative purposes. Performance, alpha and volatility are annualised over three years with data as reported at the end of last month. Information ratio (IR) aims to measure a portfolio manager’s consistent ability to generate excess returns relative to a benchmark. The higher the IR, the more consistent the manager is.

Based on the popular 80s card game, each week we select an asset class and use FE fundinfo data to compare two funds based on their three-year performance, assets under management, alpha, volatility, ongoing charges and information ratio to decide which is the Top Trump.

This week, the JP Morgan Global Convertibles Conservative fund defeats the BNP Paribas Global Convertibles fund 4-2.

BNP Paribas Global Convertibles fund

The fund seeks to increase the value of its assets over the medium term by investing in convertible bonds issued by companies from all over the world or by getting exposure to such asset class through the use of fixed income instruments and financial derivative instruments.

Top 10 countries:

  1. USA (67.17%)
  2. Japan (4.36%)
  3. Germany (3.84%)
  4. France (3.48%)
  5. Korea (3.32%)
  6. Italy (2.01%)
  7. Hong Kong (1.75%)
  8. Switzerland (1.62%)
  9. India (1.52%)
  10. Spain (1.48%)

JP Morgan Global Convertibles Conservative fund

The fund aims to provide a return by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of convertible securities globally.

Top 10 countries:

  1. USA (38.2%)
  2. France (16.7%)
  3. Hong Kong (10.7%)
  4. Germany (8.7%)
  5. UK (6.4%)
  6. UAE (4%)
  7. Cash & Equivalents (3%)
  8. New Zealand (2.9%)
  9. Netherlands (2.1%)
  10. Spain (2.1%)

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