| Quick Stats | |||||
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| Fund currency | GBX | Change on day | 0.12 p | Sector | IMA Sterling Corporate Bond |
| Bid price | - | Change on day | 0.07% | Fund Size | £59.11 B 21/05/2013 |
| Mid price | 172.87 p | Yield | 4.09% | Fund type | OEIC |
| Offer price | - | Unit type | Accumulation | Available as | ISA |
| Price date | 22/05/2013 | Crown Rating |  |
Launch date | 24/07/1995 |
| Fund Objective | Purchase Information | ||||||||||
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| The Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond Fund aims to achieve a high level of overall return, with relative security of capital. It intends to invest primarily in fixed interest securities. In pursuing this objective, the fund managers may include investments that they consider appropriate which include transferable securities, money market instruments, warrants, collective investment schemes, deposits and other permitted investments and transactions, although the fund will not invest in any instrument which gives rise to a stamp duty liability. |
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| Manager Information | |
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| Manager name | Paul Causer |
| Manager since | 24/07/1995 |
| Manager's biography | Paul Causer has clocked up more than 20 years' fund management experience. He started out as a research and credit analyst with Japanese bank Asahi Bank and moved on to the group's treasury department before he was given responsibility for the bank's multi-currency investment portfolio. Along with his co-manager Paul Read, Causer signed a new contract with Invesco Perpetual in 2002 after turning down an approach from New Star. The 'two Ps' also co-manage the Invesco Global Bond fund, and the Invesco Leveraged High Yield investment trust. In January 2004 they began co-managing the newly launched Invesco Perpetual Distribution fund alongside colleague Neil Woodford. |
Performance Chart
| Cumulative Performance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 mth |
6 mth |
1 yr |
3 yr |
5 yr |
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| Fund | 2.97 | 6.08 | 18.18 | 25.57 | 47.76 |
| Sector | 4.10 | 4.52 | 13.11 | 23.83 | 39.75 |
| Relative to sector | -1.08 | 1.49 | 4.47 | 1.40 | 5.73 |
| Rank within sector | 78 / 88 | 6 / 87 | 5 / 84 | 42 / 79 | 19 / 73 |
| Discrete Performance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/05/2012 -21/05/2013 |
21/05/2011 -21/05/2012 |
21/05/2010 -21/05/2011 |
21/05/2009 -21/05/2010 |
21/05/2008 -21/05/2009 |
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| Fund | 18.18 | -1.24 | 7.59 | 22.33 | -3.81 |
| Sector | 13.11 | 3.72 | 5.56 | 23.15 | -8.36 |
| Relative to sector | 4.47 | -4.77 | 1.93 | -0.67 | 4.97 |
| Top 10 Holdings | % of Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORP 6.5%/FLTG RTE SUB DEB 15/9/67 GBP `REGS` | 1.43 |
| 2 | SANTANDER FINANCE PREFERRED SA UNIP SER`8`FXD/FR N.CUM PERP GTD PFD SECS GBP | 1.38 |
| 3 | RENTOKIL INITIAL 5.75% NTS 31/03/16 GBP50000 | 1.33 |
| 4 | SIEMENS FINANCIERINGSMAAT NV FLTG RATE NTS 14/09/66 GBP1000 | 1.25 |
| 5 | RWE FINANCE BV 6.375% NTS 3/6/13 GBP1000 | 1.19 |
| 6 | LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC 7.625% NTS 22/04/25 GBP1000 | 1.13 |
| 7 | BARCLAYS BANK PLC 14% STEP-UP CALL PERP RCI GBP50000 | 1.11 |
| 8 | LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC 13% STEP-UP PERP CAP SECS GBP100000 | 1.09 |
| 9 | LBG CAPITAL NO.1 PLC 11.04% ENH CAP NTS 19/03/20 GBP50000 | 1.05 |
| 10 | SSE PLC 5.75% NTS 05/02/14 GBP50000 | 1.04 |
Region Weighting - as at April 30, 2013
| Region | % of Fund | Chart | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No region weightings available | ||||
Asset Weighting - as at March 31, 2013
| Asset | % of Fund | Chart | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fixed Interest | 96.81% | ||
| 2 | Money Market | 3.25% | ||
| 3 | Equities | 0.31% | ||
| 4 | Futures | -0.37% | ||
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