
Carmignac P. Flexible Bond: Letter from the Fund Managers
Carmignac Portfolio Flexible Bond shed -1.51% (class A shares) in the third quarter of 2023. However, it outperformed its reference indicator1, which was down -1.58% during the period.
The bond markets today
The third quarter of 2023 was marked by an unfavourable environment on the bond markets, with an unfavourable cocktail of accelerating long-term rates and widening credit spreads. Central bankers maintained a hawkish tone over the observation period, as illustrated by the further tightening of the Federal Reserve, which raised its key rate to 5.5%, and the two increases by the European Central Bank, which raised its deposit rate to 4%. In addition, the main monetary policymakers reconfirmed an inflation target of 2%, thereby recommending a level of interest rates that would be "high for longer", which led to a substantial rise in long-term interest rates at the end of the period. 10-year yields are now at their highest levels for more than 15 years, following a 74bp rise in the US 10-year yield over the quarter to 4.58% and a 44bp rise in the German 10-year yield over the same period to 2.85%.
Even so, leading indicators continued to flag during the quarter, with the PMI indices continuing to fall, to 47.0 in the eurozone and 50.2 in the United States respectively. While employment remained very robust in the United States, the confidence indices showed a considerable deterioration in US household morale, fuelling speculation that the labour market is easing. In the eurozone, the economic slowdown deepened, as shown by the contraction in industrial production indicators and the deterioration in the business climate index in Germany, which was already in contraction territory.
Inflation also continued to slow in the United States, where the headline component fell from +4% year-on-year to +3.6%, as in Europe, where headline inflation came out at +4.3% year-on-year compared with +5.4% at the start of the period. Unfortunately, the rebound in commodity prices and the decisions by OPEC member countries to cut crude oil production have considerably dampened the prospects of renewed enthusiasm among market operators. The environment on the credit front was also unfavourable, fuelled both by anxiety about the trajectory of the Chinese economy and its property sector in particular, and by the revaluation of long-term premiums linked to the high interest-rate environment, which caused credit margins to widen by +18bp on the Xover index and +4bp on the Main index over the quarter.
ASSET ALLOCATION
During the third quarter, we adapted the portfolio to different market phases:
Our management of interest-rate sensitivity remained dynamic in a particularly volatile interest-rate environment. The portfolio's overall sensitivity moved within a range of [5.4 ;7.1] and exposure to sovereign debt sub-segments changed considerably during the quarter. We consequently reduced our weighting in emerging, peripheral and US debt in favour of core 10-year eurozone yields, which we believe offer a more attractive risk/return profile given the more marked economic slowdown on the Old Continent. We also reallocated our short positions in Japanese yields from 10-years to shorter maturities (3 and 5 years), which are more sensitive to decisions by the Japanese central bank.
Our gross exposure to credit assets remained stable over the period, but we remained proactive in managing the portfolio's net exposure. During the summer, we implemented tactical CDS protection covering up to the entirety of our exposure to high-yield credit (14% of the fund's net assets) in order to hedge against the widening of credit margins following the resurgence of the property crisis in China. At the end of the period, we reinitiated these hedges to a lesser extent to cushion the downturn in the credit markets following the sharp acceleration in long-term interest rates.
Outlook
We continue to take a constructive view of the normalisation path for the economies and policies of the main central banks. Indeed, if core inflation continues to settle above the 2% target set by the main central bankers, we believe that the slowdown in the various economies as reflected in the leading indicators should enable the major central bankers to moderate their monetary tightening policies in the future. In the short term, this scenario argues for maintaining a high risk appetite in terms of both interest-rate sensitivity and credit weighting. We are therefore maintaining a duration close to our upper limit, considering the end of the tightening cycle, with a preference for the intermediate and long points of the yield curve, which are less volatile and benefit more from the economic slowdown. This environment also remains favourable to carry strategies, such as credit, which is attractively valued. Finally, we are maintaining long positions in real rates and break-even inflation rates, given the persistence of inflationary pressures (commodities and services).

Carmignac Portfolio Flexible Bond
Carmignac Portfolio Flexible Bond A EUR Acc
- Empfohlene Mindestanlagedauer
- 3 Jahre
- Risikoskala*
- 2/7
- SFDR-Klassifizierung**
- Artikel 8
*Die Definition der Risikoskala finden Sie im KID/BIB (Basisinformationsblatt). Das Risiko 1 ist nicht eine risikolose Investition. Dieser Indikator kann sich im Laufe der Zeit verändern. **Die Offenlegungsverordnung (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation - SFDR) 2019/2088. Die SFDR-Klassifizierung der Fonds kann sich im Laufe der Zeit ändern.
Hauptrisiken des Fonds
Kosten
- Einstiegskosten
- 1.00% des Betrags, den Sie beim Einstieg in diese Anlage zahlen. Dies ist der Höchstbetrag, der Ihnen berechnet wird. Carmignac Gestion erhebt keine Eintrittsgebühr. Die Person, die Ihnen das Produkt verkauft, teilt Ihnen die tatsächliche Gebühr mit.
- Ausstiegskosten
- Wir berechnen keine Ausstiegsgebühr für dieses Produkt.
- Verwaltungsgebühren und sonstige Verwaltungs- oder Betriebskosten
- 1.23% des Werts Ihrer Anlage pro Jahr. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Schätzung auf der Grundlage der tatsächlichen Kosten des letzten Jahres.
- Erfolgsgebühren
- 20.00% wenn die Anteilsklasse während des Performancezeitraums den Referenzindikator übertrifft. Sie ist auch dann zahlbar, wenn die Anteilsklasse den Referenzindikator übertroffen, aber eine negative Performance verzeichnet hat. Minderleistung wird für 5 Jahre zurückgefordert. Der tatsächliche Betrag hängt davon ab, wie gut sich Ihre Investition entwickelt. Die obige aggregierte Kostenschätzung enthält den Durchschnitt der letzten 5 Jahre oder seit der Produkterstellung, wenn es weniger als 5 Jahre sind.
- Transaktionskosten
- 0.20% des Werts Ihrer Anlage pro Jahr. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Schätzung der Kosten, die anfallen, wenn wir die Basiswerte für das Produkt kaufen oder verkaufen. Der tatsächliche Betrag hängt davon ab, wie viel wir kaufen und verkaufen.
Performance
| Carmignac Portfolio Flexible Bond | +3.3 | +4.3 | +5.4 | +4.7 | −8.0 | +0.0 | +9.2 | +5.0 | −3.4 | +1.7 |
| Referenzindikator | −1.6 | +1.3 | +2.6 | +6.8 | −16.9 | −2.8 | +4.0 | −2.5 | −0.4 | −0.4 |
| Carmignac Portfolio Flexible Bond | +6.3% | +1.8% | +2.2% |
| Referenzindikator | +2.8% | −1.9% | −1.2% |
Quelle: Carmignac Stand 30. Okt 2026.
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Referenzindikator: ICE BofA Euro Broad Market index