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James Macdonald

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RBC BlueBay Asset Management
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Manager profile
James joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in September 2007 as a financials analyst within the Investment Grade team. His experience and knowledge of the European banking sector has been widely utilised within the firm by both the Investment Grade and High Yield teams at BlueBay. He was instrumental in the successful launch of the BlueBay Financial Capital Bond Fund in January 2015 and has made a significant contribution to its peer group-leading performance since inception. Prior to BlueBay, James spent three years with PricewaterhouseCoopers as an assurance and advisory executive covering financial institutions. He is a qualified chartered accountant and holds an MA (Hons) degree from the University of Edinburgh. James is a CFA charterholder.
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Manager career performance
Discrete calendar year performance : James Macdonald

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
James Macdonald 5.7 13.5 -7.9 -0.9 13.0 -0.9 13.3 6.6 17.8 21.3
Peer Group Composite 3.9 5.3 -3.5 -1.9 0.3 -2.9 11.7 -2.2 5.2 20.2
Over / Under 1.8 8.2 -4.4 1.1 12.7 2.0 1.6 8.8 12.6 1.1
Performance vs peer group composite: James Macdonald
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
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Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
BlueBay Financial Capital Bond Co-managed IA Specialist since Jan 14 2015 to present
BlueBay Investment Grade Financials Plus Bond Co-managed IA Specialist Bond since Jun 09 2023 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
No previously managed funds
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