MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The Fund aims to provide a higher total return (the combination of capital growth and income), net of the Ongoing Charge Figure, than the average return of the IA £ Corporate Bond Sector over any five-year period.

Fund Managers

Richard Woolnough

Richard Woolnough joined M&G in January 2004 and is Richard Woolnough manages Optimal Income, Corporate Bond and Strategic Corporate Bond, three of M&G’s flagship fixed income strategies. Richard, who joined M&G in January 2004, began his career at Lloyds Merchant Bank in 1985, moving to Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali two years later, followed by SG Warburg. In 1995, he became a fund manager at Old Mutual. Richard graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in economics.

Ben Lord

Ben Lord joined M&G in 2007 and was appointed manager of the M&G Global Corporate Bond strategy when it was launched in September 2013. Ben also manages the M&G UK Inflation Linked Corporate Bond strategy and co-manages the Corporate Bond and Strategic Corporate Bond strategies. Before joining M&G, he worked at Gordian Knot as a credit analyst covering global financial institutions. Ben obtained an MA (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and is a CFA charterholder.