Investment Strategy
Berenberg Credit Opportunities is a benchmark-independent, flexible bond fund investing in global corporate bonds - with a focus on Europe. The objective of the strategy is to achieve a medium to long-term performance comparable to the EUR High Yield, with less volatility and lower drawdowns. The focus is on fundamental analysis. To identify attractive opportunities and market inefficiencies, the fund management uses a broad and flexible toolbox. Interest rate, credit and currency risks can be actively managed using derivatives.
- Diversified and flexible global corporate and financial bond portfolio with focus on European issuers
- The fund operates independently of benchmarks
- Average duration is between 3 and 5 years
- Wide range of instruments including single stocks, funds and derivatives
Learn more about our Berenberg Fixed Income investment philosophy
Further details on the opportunities and risks of this fund can be found in the sales prospectus.
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Performance in 12-month periods
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Monthly market comment
Diverging economic data from the USA and Europe shaped market events in the reporting period. While these were mostly positive for the USA, the economic data in the Eurozone continued to cloud over. The eagerly awaited central bank meeting in Jackson Hole, on the other hand, did not provided any new insights. Overall, this led to a steepening of the euro interest rate structure, which was primarily driven by the rise in long-term yields. In addition, credit spreads of IG corporate bonds widened (+8bp) as did those of HY corporate bonds (+12bp).
Portfolio Management

Christian Bettinger
Christian Bettinger, CFA, has been with the company since June 2009. As fund manager of the mutual funds Berenberg Euro Bonds and Berenberg Credit Opportunities, he is responsible for the selection of corporate bonds in the Multi Asset area. After apprenticeship as a banker and studying business administration at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, he first went through the trainee program at Berenberg. In February 2010, the business graduate was taken over early as a junior fund manager with a focus on derivatives and fixed income. Bettinger is a CFA-Charterholder, Certified Financial Engineer (CFE) and admitted Eurex trader.