M&G Global Bond Fund: Fund management team changes

We are pleased to announce changes in the fund management team of the M&G Global Bond Fund.

Jim Leaviss, Chief Investment Officer of Public Fixed Income at M&G Investments (UK), has taken over as lead manager of the fund from Craig Simpson. In this role he is responsible for managing and co-managing a range of fixed income funds, including the M&G Global Macro Bond Fund, and he heads the team responsible for investing across global investment-grade and high-yield credit, government debt and emerging markets debt. The team includes fixed income investment professionals based in London, Chicago, Singapore, Paris and Mumbai, and manages over £140bn of investments. Jim is a fixed income specialist with more than two decades of experience in government and corporate bond markets. Before joining M&G in 1997, he worked as an economist and trader for the Bank of England. His qualifications include a B.A. in Economics from the University of Manchester and completion of the Executive Programme at Singularity University, Silicon Valley (US). He is also an Associate of the CFA Society (UK). 

Joining Jim is Eva Sun-Wai as deputy fund manager of the fund. In January 2021 Eva was appointed lead fund manager of the M&G Global Government Bond strategy and the deputy manager of the M&G Global Macro Bond strategy, having been a junior macro fund manager in the Wholesale Fixed Income team since September 2019. Prior to that role, Eva joined M&G in 2018 on the Investment Graduate Scheme, rotating across several business areas including Emerging Market Debt, Corporate Credit Research, Real Estate and Long Term Investment Strategy. She has a BSc Economics degree from the University of Birmingham. She has obtained the IMC and Financial Services Level 6 qualifications and is a CFA Charterholder.

In selecting individual stocks for the M&G Global Bond Fund, Jim and Eva will draw on the fund management team’s complementary expertise across all fixed income asset classes. They also have extensive resources at their disposal to help them make the most attractive investment decisions. In particular, M&G’s market-leading credit analyst team is a key competitive advantage within fixed income investing. Jim and Eva benefit from the skills and experience of a large number of independent credit analysts who research all types of debt securities, including government bonds, industrial and financial corporate bonds and asset-backed securities. In addition to this in-house team of dedicated analysts, they have access to global policymakers, economists and strategists.

Craig Simpson continues as fund manager of the M&G Global Balanced Fund and the M&G Global Inflation Plus Fund.