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Schroder Sustainable Bond Z Acc
Sector:

IA Sterling Strategic Bond
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Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/03/20 to 31/03/21	31/03/21 to 31/03/22	31/03/22 to 31/03/23	31/03/23 to 31/03/24	31/03/24 to 31/03/25
Schroder Sustainable Bond Z Acc	9.96%	-2.85%	-3.08%	8.44%	7.80%
IA Sterling Strategic Bond	12.44%	-2.20%	-5.69%	7.18%	4.95%
N/A	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Schroder Sustainable Bond Z Acc	2.58%	3.69%	9.72%	4.48%	3.33%
IA Sterling Strategic Bond	0.89%	2.08%	6.58%	2.76%	2.43%
N/A	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%	N/A%

Overview

Fund Objective: The Fund aims to provide income and capital growth in excess of the ICE BofA Sterling 3-Month Government Bill index plus 2.5% (after fees have been deducted) over any three to five year period, by investing directly in fixed and floating rate securities issued by governments, government agencies and companies worldwide which meet the Investment Manager’s sustainability criteria.

Manager name	Schroder UT Managers
Manager start date	30 June 2020
Manager Biography	Managed fund since: 16.02.2021 James Ringer is a Portfolio Manager at Schroders, which involves managing the Global Multi-Sector strategy within Fixed Income. He joined Schroders in 2013 and is based in London. Qualifications: BA in Business Economics from The University of Exeter.

Investment style:	Total Return
Region (geographical)	Global

Benchmark	N/A
Sector	IA Sterling Strategic Bond
FE fundinfo Rating	5 of 5

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge	Who receives this?	What is it?	Amount
Initial charge:	The fund manager	Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged.	0.00%
Ongoing Charges:	The fund manager	The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year.	0.50%
Performance Fee:	The fund manager	A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions.	N/A
Typical transaction cost:	The fund manager	The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading.	0.188%*
Dealing commission:	Halifax	The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment.	£9.50 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.
Account charges are not included
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Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 61,572,346.88 GBX

Chart date: April 29, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Treasury 3.5000 22/10/2025 series govt regs	3.96%
Treasury 3.7500 07/03/2027 series govt	3.24%
His majesty`s treasury 0.875% green gilt 31/07/33 gbp0.01	2.94%
Treasury 4.2500 31/07/2034 series govt	2.40%
Treasury 4.1250 29/01/2027 series govt	1.80%
Pachelbel bidco spa frn 17/05/2031 series regs	1.77%
Severn trent utilities finance plc 3.6250 16/01/2026	1.38%
Piedmont operating partnership lp 9.2500 20/07/2028 series corp	1.22%
Berkeley group plc (the) 2.5% gtd nts 11/08/31 gbp100000	1.18%
Workspace group plc 2.25% bds 11/03/28 gbp100000	1.18%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Financials	35.11%
Industrials	29.38%
Government Bonds	14.34%
Utilities	7.15%
Mortgage & Secured Bonds	6.97%
Government Agency Bonds	2.41%
Derivatives	1.93%
Government Bonds	1.73%
Fixed Interest	1.03%
Local Government Bonds	0.17%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
United Kingdom	39.13%
United States	9.49%
Germany	7.03%
Netherlands	4.77%
France	4.36%
Spain	4.13%
Italy	3.97%
Austria	2.39%
Romania	2.02%
Denmark	1.82%

ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

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Schroder Sustainable Bond Z Acc