Amundi Fds Glbl Aggt Bd G EUR H C |



by Jeana Marie Doubell

Amundi Global Aggregate Bond has seen several changes to its leading and supporting cast in recent years, and its risk management approach has not always been consistent. We reaffirm the Average People and Process Pillar ratings for now. In October 2022, Laurent Crosnier ended his eight-year tenure as lead portfolio manager here and as CIO of Amundi UK in order to take over leadership of the firm’s foreign exchange platform. Corporate bond market veteran Grégoire Pesquès, who previously led Amundi’s global credit business, replaced Crosnier here and in the CIO role. While Pesquès is the final decision-maker on the strategy, three additional portfolio managers were formally named to the roster in June 2023. These include rates and currency specialists Nicolas Dahan and Rajesh Puri, both of whom had already contributed to this fund for several years, and Reine Bitar, who joined Amundi in 2023 with 15 years of experience in global bond investing. The fund’s process remains heavily top-down-driven. Portfolio construction relies on strategic views expressed by a committee made up of Pesquès, Crosnier, and six other senior portfolio managers, but the managers have leeway to select individual securities and to shift the portfolio’s exposures tactically to take advantage of shorter-term trade ideas. The fund’s active risk-taking versus the US dollar-hedged Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index is expected to be roughly evenly split across rates, credit, and currency strategies. This powerful mix was mostly additive under Crosnier’s watch, though it often struggled in risk-off periods, and the strategy’s volatility occasionally exceeded the team’s stated targets. Since Pesquès took over the strategy, from November 2022 through December 2024, the fund has outpaced its benchmark but lands in the bottom quartile of the global flexible bond Morningstar Category. An underweighting in duration and an overweighting in credit risk at the start of 2023 held it back relative to peers that year. In 2024, an overweighting in the US dollar stung as the currency depreciated, but an overweighting in credit contributed, particularly European financials as the sector continued its strong recovery following the March 2023 selloff. |
Morningstar Pillars | |
People | Average |
Parent | Average |
Process | Average |
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