The BlueBay Destra International Event-Driven Credit Fund I Share Class (CEDIX) has been the top performing interval fund over the past 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years and since inception8 (16.14%, 16.54%, 20.82%, 14.54%, 12.70% and 12.10% annualized, respectively)
While the Fund boasts impressive returns over the time periods, it also may provide diversification based on its low correlation8 to other major asset classes such as Stocks6 (+0.29), Bonds5 (-0.02), Alts7 (+0.01) and Peers3(+0.35)
Since Inception of the Fund8, there have been 177 days where the S&P500 has gone down -1% or more. The cumulative return for the S&P500 on those days is -373.18% and the average down day is -2.11%. CEDIX experienced negative returns on only 101 of those days with a cumulative return of -23.06 % and an average daily return of -0.13%.
The Fund has delivered superior risk-adjusted returns to Stocks, Bonds, and Alts since inception8. Elevate portfolios “Up” (returns) and “to the Left” (risk) with Event-Driven Credit.
The Fund has produced double digit alphas and double digit excess returns vs a global market reference index (Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond TR Index) and its Morningstar Peers Category (US CE Nontraditional Bond).
Since inception, CEDIX has demonstrated its ability to provide risk control during major crisis events in relation to the S&P 500 Index. During the 3 major stock market drawdown periods that the Fund has experienced, the S&P500 average drawdown has been -25.88% vs CEDIX average drawdown of only -2.84%.
The Fund has also demonstrated its ability to control risk during periods of rising interest rates in relation to the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index. During the two periods of 100+ bps increases in the 10 Yr Treasury Yield, the Agg has averaged a loss of -9.64% vs CEDIX average return of +19.98%.
The Perfect Storm
A powerful confluence of factors is contributing to a perfect storm for markets in 2023, leading to events such as: geopolitical tensions, inflation, soaring energy costs, a cost of living crisis, and labor force pressures around the world.
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