OP-US Corporate Bond Fund

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Bond yields from the world's largest corporate market. The OP-US Corporate Bond fund focuses on investment-grade bonds issued by companies mostly in the United States. The fund is especially suitable for investors who seek reasonable bond yields with moderate risks.

OP-US Corporate Bond is a long-term bond fund with broad diversification that offers a steady yield compared to the stock market. The fund's investments are selected by experienced portfolio managers who have access to the extensive data resources of OP Asset Management's bond investment team. The goal of active portfolio management is to achieve the best possible risk-return ratio and minimise defaults. The fund is fully hedged against currency risk.

The fund takes sustainability into account in its investment decisions. Industries that are deemed harmful to the environment and society, such as thermal coal and controversial weapons, are excluded from the fund. Companies selected to the fund are screened regularly to ensure compliance with appropriate tax practices and international norms related to anti-corruption, for example.

Why invest in the OP-US Corporate Bond fund

Fund focusing on investment-grade corporate bonds that offers reasonable expected yield with moderate risk
Your investments are managed by an experienced bond investment team
The fund takes into consideration companies' impact on the environment and society

OP-US Corporate Bond

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More information on the fund

As interest rates have risen, investors have focused more on corporate bonds issued by companies with a good credit rating.

Investment policy

OP-US Corporate Bond Fund mainly invests in USDdenominated bonds issued by U.S. companies. Fund assets may also be invested in bonds issued by OECD member countries and public-sector entities and companies domiciled in an OECD member country. These investments' share of the Fund's value may vary between 75% and 100%.

The Fund’s assets are mainly invested in US investment grade corporate bonds. The Fund performs as full as possible hedging against currency risk.

The Fund's investments are mainly direct fixed-income investments. The Fund may use derivative instruments in order to hedge against adverse market movements, to replace direct investments and to otherwise promote effective portfolio management. The Fund may also invest in derivative contracts intended for credit risk transfer. Derivatives are chiefly used to manage interest rate and credit risks.

The Fund’s benchmark is the Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index. With active investing, the Fund seeks to outperform its benchmark index in the long term. The Fund mainly takes notable active risk and it may differ significantly from the composition, weights and risk level of the benchmark index.

Responsibility of the fund

The Fund promotes environmental and social characteristics and, to ensure it, uses environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis and excludes certain investments.

Exclusion: The Fund excludes from its active direct investments controversial weapon manufacturers, mining companies producing thermal coal, power companies using thermal coal, tobacco companies, and companies that have breached international standards and where engagement has been unsuccessful. The list of exclusions is public. In addition to general exclusion rules, the Fund does not invest in companies whose principal business is in unconventional oil and gas extraction.

Use of ESG data in the investment analysis: ESG factors are considered in the investment process with the help of data by an external ESG service provider and the ESG tool developed internally by OP Asset Management. Considering ESG factors in the investment process means, for example, that the risks and opportunities related to the environment, society and governance are made transparent using selected indicators from each area.

Violations of international standards: The Fund is screened regularly for non-compliances with international standards. In the event that a non-compliance is detected, an influencing process is begun with the company in question. The aim is to make non-compliant companies change their practices and begin to comply with international standards in their operations. If influencing proves fruitless, the company may be removed from the Fund portfolio and placed on the exclusion list.

Minimum share of sustainable investments: In accordance with the minimum amount stated below, the Fund allocates investments into companies whose business promotes one or more UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) without harming other sustainability factors or objectives. Sustainable investments are determined using OP Asset Management’s analysis model which is based on an external service provider’s SDG and sustainability data.

Assessing good governance practices: Analysing the target company’s governance is an important part of the investment process. To us, good governance is a key foundation for any company’s financial success, regardless of sector. When assessing governance, some of the areas considered include the appropriateness of the target company’s administrative organisation, the target company’s actions in relation to its personnel, and the target company’s rewarding and taxation practices. In assessing good governance, we use the analysis of third-party service providers and our own qualitative analysis if no external data is available. We screen the funds regularly to check them against the criteria of good governance. Minimum limits apply for these criteria.

Sustainability-related disclosures

Portfolio manager's review

More details Basic data, performance and fact figures

Basic data

Fund manager: Martti Saarinen, Jenni Hämäläinen
Benchmark index: Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index (EUR Hedged)
Start date: 16.06.2015
ISIN: FI4000153648
fund serie: Accumulation unit
Fund size: 248 Meur
Serie value (13.03.): 136,42 EUR
Monthly review: Download
Key Information Document: Download
Rules: Download
Sustainability data: Download

Accumulated profit (12.03)

	1mth	3mth	6mth	1 y	3 y p.a.	5 y p.a.
OP-US Corporate Bond A	+1,37 %	−0,25 %	−2,10 %	+2,75 %	+2,52 %	+1,60 %
Benchmark	+1,22 %	−0,27 %	−2,23 %	+2,67 %	+2,74 %	+2,06 %

Yearly performance

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	YTD
OP-US Corporate Bond A	+0,29 %	+6,27 %	−4,10 %	+5,38 %	+0,62 %	+1,44 %
Benchmark	+0,81 %	+6,47 %	−3,75 %	+5,80 %	+0,33 %	+1,47 %

Key figures

	Volatility 12 m	vola 12m	Sharpe 12 m	Duration
OP-US Corporate Bond A	5,38 %	-	-
Benchmark index	-	-	-

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The fund's other unit classes

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