Loosen the constraints of your bond portfolio
Through changing market environments, an unconstrained approach allows investors to seek the risk-adjusted returns they need from their fixed income investments, with managed risk and duration.
Seek attractive risk-adjusted returns with Global Strategic Bond Fund
JPMorgan Funds – Global Strategic Bond Fund allocates flexibly across 15 fixed income sectors and more than 50 countries, seeking an attractive risk-adjusted return profile over time with a focus on mitigating downside risk. The fund’s disciplined investment process combines top-down and bottom-up analysis, with a common research framework to integrate ideas.
Focused on mitigating downside risk
Seeks attractive risk-adjusted returns over time with a focus on mitigating downside risk.
Flexible ‘best ideas’ approach
Dynamically adjusts asset allocation and duration as market conditions evolve.
Multi-dimensional risk management
Holistic and rigorous approach to risk management, with integrated ESG* analysis.
Focused on mitigating downside risk
Global Strategic Bond Fund seeks attractive risk-adjusted returns over time with a focus on mitigating downside risk.

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Bloomberg. Inception date: 3 June 2010. Data from 30 June 2010 to 31 October 2022. Fund performance shown based on the NAV of the share class C (acc) in USD with income reinvested including actual ongoing charges until cap introduction in July 2015 excluding entry and exit fees. Performance shown in the chart is cumulative. Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a description of the other available classes of shares, the performance of which will differ from that shown above.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current and future results.
Flexible ‘best ideas’ approach
Unconstrained portfolio managers dynamically adjust asset allocation and duration as market conditions evolve. Security selection is on a bottom-up basis, with sector teams identifying their highest conviction ideas.

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management. JPMorgan Funds - Global Strategic Bond Fund inception date is 3 June 2010. Data from 30 June 2010 to 31 October 2022. Empirical duration calculated on daily rolling 1 year data. The Fund is an actively managed portfolio. Holdings, sector weights, allocations and leverage, as applicable, are subject to change at the discretion of the investment manager without notice. EMD: Emerging Market Debt, IG: Investment Grade. From 31 December 2016, enhanced empirical duration methodology shown using a factor-based model based on single issues produced by RiskMetrics.
Multi-dimensional risk management
With no benchmark as a reference point, we consider a variety of measures to evaluate the portfolio’s risk exposures. Scenario analysis serves as an additional layer of risk management, and ESG factors are integrated into our research to identify financially material risks and opportunities.

Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management. As at October 2022. *Empirical Duration ≈ sum (wtd effective duration * betas). From 31 December 2016, enhanced empirical duration methodology shown using a factor-based model based on single issues produced by RiskMetrics. Interest rate duration based on 10-year US Treasury; credit spread duration based on MSCI all industries blended credit curve (with spread in line with US BBB corporate bond market). EMD = Emerging Markets Debt, IG: Investment Grade, HY: High Yield, CDX: Credit Default Swap Index. The above hypothetical scenario/data is shown to illustrate our internal process only.
The portfolio risk management process includes an effort to monitor and manage risk, but does not imply low risk.
Further reading and information
Why fixed income with J.P. Morgan Asset Management?
Our fixed income funds are founded on active security selection and rigorous risk management—backed by a powerful combination of deep investment expertise, global resources and time-tested processes.
*In actively managed assets deemed by J.P. Morgan Asset Management to be ESG integrated under our governance process, we systematically assess financially material ESG factors amongst other factors in our investment decisions with the goals of managing risk and improving long-term returns. ESG integration does not change a strategy’s investment objective, exclude specific types of companies or constrain a strategy’s investable universe.