Investment Strategy
The Berenberg Floating Rate Notes fund invests in floating and near-money market fixed-income securities with an average duration of up to 0.5 years. The fund’s investment objective is to achieve stable and attractive returns. It invests in the defensive bond segments of government bonds, government-guaranteed bonds and investment grade covered bonds as well as unsecured bonds with a minimum rating of A-. The fund thus complies with the strict investment criteria for social insurance institutions set by the SGB IV.
- SGB IV-compliant euro bond fund with very short interest rate duration
- Individual securities are selected on the basis of a benchmark
- Average duration is between 0 and 0.5 years
- Investment segments include (quasi) government bonds and unsecured bonds
Learn more about our Berenberg Fixed Income investment philosophy
Further details on the opportunities and risks of this fund can be found in the sales prospectus.
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Monthly market comment
US economic data once again dominated market activity. In particular, the better-than-expected US labor market report caused yields to rise across the board. In addition, US inflation rose again slightly for both consumer and producer prices. Despite this, both the ECB and the Fed cut their key interest rates by a further 25 basis points (bp). However, in view of the more persistent inflation, market participants only expect the Fed to make two interest rate cuts of 25 bp each in 2025, while four interest rate cuts are priced in for the ECB. Euro corporate bonds benefited and risk premiums narrowed by 6 bp to 101 bp. There was a noticeable seasonal decline on the new issue markets. Money market rates fell again in light of the ECB's interest rate cut. The 3-month Euribor most recently yielded 2.71% (-22 bp).
Portfolio Management
Maria Ziolkowski
Maria Ziolkowski has been with the company since September 2023. She has been a co-portfolio manager since then and focuses on interest rate products and defensive bonds from the investment grade segment as well as short-dated bond strategies.
Before joining Berenberg, she worked at Flossbach von Storch as a portfolio manager in the fixed income area and trader in the multi-asset area, at BNP Paribas in London and Lisbon and at Allianz Investment Bank in Vienna. In addition to her Bachelor in Economics from the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Master in Monetary and Financial Economics from the University of Lisbon and Master in Gender Studies from the University of Vienna, Maria Ziolkowski is a CFA Charterholder