Blend and trend strategy at Henderson

Group's Strategic Bond Portfolio has flexibility to allocate across full fixed-income spectrum to produce strongest possible return

The Henderson Strategic Bond fund aims to maximise returns by focusing on capital growth as well as income through investing in higher-yielding assets including investment grade and government bonds. The investment style managers John Pattullo and Jenna Barnard apply to the product focuses on fully flexible asset allocation, which they said allows the fund to perform in various economic cycles. The co-managers adjust the fund's exposure to different uncorrelated asset types and use a strategy they call blend and trend. Pattullo said: "The strategy is used to help us navigate through chopp...