LU0969580215

BlackRock BGF Asian Tiger Bond Fund SGD-Hedged

  • Fixed income
  • Investment grade
  • Corporate bond
  • Asia
  • SGD Cash, SRS
  • Accumulating
Invest with
SGD Cash, SRS
Payout type
Accumulating
Risk rating
5
About this fund
Description
The Fund seeks to outperform the JPM Asian Credit Index by investing at least 70% of its total assets in the fixed income transferable securities of issuers domiciled in or exercising the predominant part of their economic activity in Asian countries...
Key information
Annual report
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Product Highlight Sheet
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Prospectus
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Information Memorandum
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Factsheet
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Our perspective
Why we think this fund is best-in-class
Product
Provides exposure to the Asian bond market, offering a diversified mix of corporate, quasi-sovereign, and sovereign debt. Seeks to capture attractive risk-adjusted returns relative to Developed Markets, capitalizing on the higher average credit quality characteristics of Asian fixed income.
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People
Managed by Portfolio Managers Stephen Gough, Venn Saltirov, and Hui Wong, with Gough leading the strategy as Head of Asia Credit. The team leverages BlackRock's extensive global network, including regular collaboration with Global CIO of Fixed Income Rick Rieder and the Emerging Market Investment Committee. Oversight is provided by Navin Saigal, Head of Macro APAC and Fundamental Fixed Income Asia Pacific, who brings over a decade of experience from the Global CIO office.
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Performance
Aims to deliver competitive long-term returns relative to peers through active management of credit and currency exposures. Performance is driven primarily by bottom-up credit selection, with currency positioning serving as a secondary contributor to total returns.
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Process
Employs a team-based investment approach that combines top-down macroeconomic views with rigorous bottom-up credit selection. Credit analysts select securities based on an issuer's financial health, capital structure, management quality, competitive positioning, and relative valuation.
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Cost
Access to institutional share class with no trailer fees to achieve the lowest possible fees.
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How it fits in a portfolio
The fund offers focused fixed income exposure to the Asian region, capturing the growth potential and financing needs of these developing markets. It serves as an option for investors seeking geographical diversification into Asia with potentially lower volatility than regional equities. Investors should view this as a satellite allocation, noting the specific concentration risks associated with investing solely in Asian markets compared to a globally diversified portfolio.
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Performance
Shows the total return of this accumulating fund, which includes dividends reinvested.
Total returns
All Time
33.90%
YTD
-0.00%
1 month
0.30%
6 month
-0.07%
1 year
5.27%
3 year
15.73%
5 year
-7.59%
10 year
12.33%
As of May 2026
Distributions
This is an accumulating fund, so dividends are re-invested at the fund level.
Yield
6.48%As of Apr 2026
Risk metrics
Max drawdown
-27.05%As of May 2026
Volatility
5.55%As of May 2026
Calendar returns
YearTotalJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026-0.7%1.0%-2.6%0.7%0.3%-------
20257.0%0.4%2.0%0.0%-0.6%-0.1%1.3%0.9%1.3%1.4%0.6%-0.2%-0.1%
20245.0%0.7%0.1%1.3%-1.6%1.4%1.1%1.2%1.4%1.5%-1.2%0.2%-1.1%
20234.6%3.2%-1.5%0.6%0.7%-1.3%0.1%-0.2%-1.1%-1.6%-0.7%3.7%2.8%
2022-16.1%-3.2%-2.8%-2.3%-2.4%-0.9%-2.8%-0.4%-0.3%-4.3%-4.3%4.5%2.3%
Top Exposures
iShares USD Asia High Yield Bond ETF3.13%
Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (2029-07-30 Maturity)1.20%
CS Treasury Management Services (2079-12-31 Maturity)0.96%
National Australia Bank Ltd. (2035-11-14 Maturity)0.96%
J.P. Morgan Structured Products B.V. (2028-02-03 Maturity)0.92%
Latitude Australia Credit Card Master Trust Series 2025-1 (2037-11-23 Maturity)0.89%
Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT (2031-11-05 Maturity)0.87%
Resurgent Trade and Investment Ltd. (2027-12-05 Maturity)0.87%
Top exposures represent up to 15 of the fund's largest exposures for each category. Allocation percentages may not sum up to 100% and can include negative values due to rounding or trading activities by the underlying fund managers, including short positions.
Fund fees
0.70% p.a.
Fund facts
ISIN
LU0969580215
Fund house
BlackRock
Fund size
S$2.7B
As of 01 Jun 2026
Fund inception date
25 Sep 2013
Fund class currency
SGD
Fund share class
SGD D2 Hedged
Oldest share class ISIN
LU0063728728
Oldest share inception date
02 Feb 1996
Pricing frequency
Daily

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