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Vanguard Investment Series PLC - US Investment Grade Credit Index Fund

Global USD investment grade diversified bonds of mainly corporate issues and excludes US Treasuries. Passive tracker on Bloomberg Global Aggregate USD Credit Float Adjusted Bond Index.

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About the Fund

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The Vanguard Group is a US-based private investment firm founded in 1975 by John Bogle, and is best known for offering low cost, uncomplicated mutual fund and ETF solutions. It manages over US$12tn worth of assets.

The Vanguard US Investment Grade Credit Index Fund is a passive index solution that tracks the Bloomberg Global Aggregate USD Credit Float Adjusted Bond Index using a representative sampling approach. The index includes global USD investment grade bonds of mainly corporate bonds (~80%) and to a lesser extent government-related/supranational bonds from both developed and emerging countries, but excludes US Treasuries and most securitised assets. The fund has >8000 holdings vs index of >14000 holdings.

Performance

Price Performance – Maximum Period

The FairHorizon Context

Investment-Time-Horizon in years

0 - 22 - 44 - 7 7 - 1010 - 1515+
Expected long-term return
2 - 4% p.a.
Expected volatility
3 - 5% p.a.

Building Block Returns

Vanguard Investment Series PLC - US Investment Grade Credit Index Fund

Ann. return (3-year):
4.99%
Ann. return (5-year):
0.78%
Ann. return (10-year):
2.57%
Ann. Standard Deviation (5-year):
6.92%

This fund represents passive high quality diversified USD-only bonds of mainly corporate issues but specifically excludes US Treasuries and most securitised assets.

Benchmark Returns

iShares US Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF

Ann. return (3-year):
3.25%
Ann. return (5-year):
-0.04%
Ann. return (10-year):
—
Ann. Standard Deviation (5-year):
6.12%
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FairHorizon Benchmark Returns

Dimensional Funds PLC - World Allocation 20/80 Fund

Ann. return (3-year):
7.18%
Ann. return (5-year):
3.55%
Ann. return (10-year):
—
Ann. Standard Deviation (5-year):
4.10%
Link to the Funds FairSheet

The Dimensional World Allocation 20/80 Fund is our FAIRHORIZON Blue reference benchmark solution that has 20% global developed equities and 80% global investment grade short-to-medium maturity bonds for global high quality bonds-like returns and volatility.

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Why we prefer this fund

Relevance of strategy

This fund represents passive high quality diversified USD-only bonds of mainly corporate issues but specifically excludes US Treasuries and most securitised assets.

Historical maximum drawdown & recovery time

Max drawdown (since inception)
-20.40%
Recovery Period
1078 Days

Diversification

Credit Rating

  • Aaa6.99%
  • Aa13.96%
  • A35.34%
  • Baa37.42%
  • Ba1.12%
  • Others5.17%

Sectors

  • Corporate77.13%
  • Government-Related19.20%
  • Securitized2.79%
  • Treasury0.71%
  • Others0.18%

Geography

  • U.S.A.64.96%
  • Supranational3.75%
  • Canada3.59%
  • United Kingdom3.04%
  • Japan2.12%
  • Cayman Islands1.94%
  • France1.75%
  • Netherlands1.23%
  • Mexico1.21%
  • Australia1.05%
  • Saudi Arabia1.01%
  • Others14.34%