Carmignac Portfolio Global Bond has realised a QTD performance of -0.84% (class A shares), and it outperformed its reference indicator (JP Morgan Global Government Bond Index (EUR)), which delivered -1.36%.
The bond markets today
The bond markets remained relatively volatile in 2023, with inflation once again being the main concern. Despite the deflationary trends observed in recent months especially in the core inflation component, inflation in the United States and the eurozone remained above central banks' targets in Q3 2023. Having said that, geopolitics, and supply cuts by OPEC+ are still driving US headline inflation.
As a result, central banks - the majority of which have so far maintained a hawkish position - were the second most important theme during the quarter. Even after the banking sector crisis in March, the US economy and job market remained (surprisingly) rather robust. In this context, US real rates at 10 years increased by about 60 basis points since the beginning of the year, a trend that particularly intensified in August. Meanwhile, the Chinese economy continued to disappoint markets, mainly due to the prolonged crisis in the real estate sector. Despite making marginal interest rate cuts in Q3, the People's Bank of China is still refraining from implementing a significant stimulus package to jumpstart the economy. Consequently, it was not able to support global growth, especially in Europe.
In fact, the eurozone has begun to raise concerns about growth among most investors. Nevertheless, corporate credit remained somehow resilient during most of the period and only slightly widened towards the end of September.
Fund performance
Carmignac Portfolio Global Bond generated a negative absolute performance in the third quarter, although above its benchmark. Within the different contributors to the absolute performance, our selection of corporate credit securities has positively contributed to the absolute performance of our fund, despite our hedging strategies in that space. Our structured credit has also been particularly positive for the fund's absolute performance. Additionally, our currency and emerging debt strategies have positively contributed to the fund's performance, despite negative absolute contributions from the US dollar and Japanese yen during the period. Overall, we are satisfied with the performance of our investment strategies and the contributions made by various asset classes.
However, despite the banking sector crises, central banks remained optimistic, and our long duration strategy weighed on overall performance during the period.
Outlook
We have revised our view with regards to recession which we no longer believe will take place at the end of the year. In fact, the market's concerns about the impact of slowing economies on risky assets such as corporate credit, emerging markets, and the US housing sector have been almost dampened by better-than-expected global economic conditions. However, we also believe that due to the US economic resilience, the market got carried away almost assuming a near-perfect economic landing. This has led in our view to an asymmetric risk profile in most asset classes.
Nevertheless, the market keeps a cautious perspective on inflation, monetary policy, and the possibility of a recession, further into 2024. Having said that, as we keep going the economic cycle too advances, and in a way, we keep on running out of time. Considering this, we think that an effective investing strategy in this climate requires acting and positioning portfolios to take advantage of appealing late-cycle opportunities while they are still present.
Due to the belief that real interest rates are currently too high and will eventually hurt the real economy, the investment strategy suggested in this scenario calls for maintaining a structural long duration position with opportunities primarily in core but also in some emerging market countries to some extent.
While keeping a neutral stance towards the US dollar, the portfolio is also invested in currencies in of high real rate economies and nations that export commodities. Hedging tactics are used to actively control credit risk, and at the conclusion of the term, there is up to 10% credit protection. Last but not least, long bets on the Japanese yen are kept because of the conviction that the Bank of Japan should keep loosening its accommodating policies.
Source : Carmignac, Bloomberg, 30/09/2023. Shareclass: A EUR Acc (ISIN: LU0336083497).
1Reference indicator :JP Morgan Global Government Bond Index (Coupons reinvested). Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance. Performances are net of fees (excluding possible entrance fees charged by the distributor).

Carmignac Portfolio Global Bond
Carmignac Portfolio Global 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
- 2,00 % 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
- 1,24 % 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
- 0,14 % 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 Global Bond | +5,6 | +0,5 | +1,8 | +3,0 | −5,6 | +0,1 | +4,7 | +8,4 | −3,7 | +0,1 |
| Referenzindikator | +2,6 | −6,0 | +2,8 | +0,5 | −11,8 | +0,6 | +0,6 | +8,0 | +4,3 | −6,2 |
| Carmignac Portfolio Global Bond | +4,6 % | +1,2 % | +1,5 % |
| Referenzindikator | +1,2 % | −2,3 % | −0,7 % |
Quelle: Carmignac Stand 30. Okt 2026.
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Referenzindikator: JPM Global Government Bond index
