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BlueBay Asset Management LLP

PRI reporting framework 2019

Asset class implementation gateway indicators [OO 10 - 12] Peering questions [OO LE 01 - HF 01]

Investment policy [SG 01 - 04] Objectives and strategies [SG 05 - 06] Governance and human resources [SG 07 - 08] Promoting responsible investment [SG 09 - 11] Outsourcing to fiduciary managers and investment consultants [SG 12] ESG issues in asset allocation [SG 13 - 15] Asset class implementation not reported in other modules [SG 16 - 17] Innovation [SG 18] Communication [SG 19]

Direct - Fixed Income

ESG incorporation in actively managed fixed income [FI 01 - 12] Implementation processes [FI 01 - 03] (A) Implementation: Screening [FI 04 - 06] (C) Implementation: Integration [FI 10 - 12] Fixed income - Engagement [FI 14 - 16] Outputs and outcomes [FI 17 - 18]

Confidence building measures

Confidence building measures [CM1 01 - 07]

Export Public Responses

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Basic information

OO 01. Signatory category and services

01.1. Select the services and funds you offer

Select the services and funds you offer	% of asset under management (AUM) in ranges
Fund management	0% <10% 10-50% >50%
Fund of funds, manager of managers, sub-advised products	0% <10% 10-50% >50%
Other	0% <10% 10-50% >50%
Total 100%

Further options (may be selected in addition to the above)

Hedge funds

Fund of hedge funds

01.2. Additional information. [Optional]

Founded in 2001, BlueBay Asset Management LLP (BlueBay) is a specialist fixed income manager offering solutions to institutions, consultants and financial intermediaries. We invest across the fixed income spectrum, from active long-only 'benchmark aware' portfolios to hedge funds/private debt. We are active in the following investment strategies: investment grade debt, emerging market debt, high yield/distressed debt & loans, convertible bonds, private lending and multi-credit.

Based in London, UK with offices in the US, Japan, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and Australia, we employ approx. 378 employees and partners and manage approx. USD 60.1 billion (as of 31 December 2018) for institutional investors, distribution networks and high net worth individuals.

BlueBay is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and part of the RBC asset management division, RBC Global Asset Management group of companies.

NOTE: OO 01.2

We have one fund which we would consider a macro - multi-strategy - but as could only select 1 option of the categories we chose another. For relative value options - we have both corporates and sovereigns but were not able to select more than 1 option.

OO 02. Headquarters and operational countries

02.1. Select the location of your organisation’s headquarters.

United Kingdom

02.2. Indicate the number of countries in which you have offices (including your headquarters).

2-5

6-10

>10

02.3. Indicate the approximate number of staff in your organisation in full-time equivalents (FTE).

378 FTE

02.4. Additional information. [Optional]

NOTE OO 02.3: The headcount as of 31 December 2018 was approx. 378 employees and partners.

OO 03. Subsidiaries that are separate PRI signatories

03.1. Indicate whether you have subsidiaries within your organisation that are also PRI signatories in their own right.

Yes

03.3. Additional information. [Optional]

NOTE: Our parent company, RBC, owns another asset management company, RBC Global Asset Management, which in August 2015, joined as a member of the PRI.

OO 04. Reporting year and AUM

04.1. Indicate the year end date for your reporting year.

31/12/2018

04.2. Indicate your total AUM at the end of your reporting year.

Include the AUM of subsidiaries, but exclude advisory/execution only assets, and exclude the assets of your PRI signatory subsidiaries that you have chosen not to report on in OO 03.2

Total AUM
Total AUM	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds
Currency
Assets in USD
Assets in USD	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds

Not applicable as we are in the fund-raising process

04.4. Indicate the total assets at the end of your reporting year subject to an execution and/or advisory approach.

Not applicable as we do not have any assets under execution and/or advisory approach

04.5. Additional information. [Optional]

NOTE OO 04.2: AUM excludes uncalled capital commitments in private lending funds.

OO 06. How would you like to disclose your asset class mix

06.1. Select how you would like to disclose your asset class mix.

as percentage breakdown

	Internally managed (%)	Externally managed (%)
Listed equity	0 0	0 0
Fixed income	>50% 90.5	0 0
Private equity	0 0	0 0
Property	0 0	0 0
Infrastructure	0 0	0 0
Commodities	0 0	0 0
Hedge funds	<10% 3.5	0 0
Fund of hedge funds	0 0	0 0
Forestry	0 0	0 0
Farmland	0 0	0 0
Inclusive finance	0 0	0 0
Cash	0 0	0 0
Money market instruments	0 0	0 0
Other (1), specify	<10% 6	0 0
Other (2), specify	0 0	0 0

'Other (1)' specified

          Private debt strategies

as broad ranges

06.2. Publish asset class mix as per attached image [Optional].

06.3. Indicate whether your organisation has any off-balance sheet assets [Optional].

Yes

06.5. Indicate whether your organisation uses fiduciary managers.

Yes, we use a fiduciary manager and our response to OO 5.1 is reflective of their management of our assets.

No, we do not use fiduciary managers.

06.6. Provide contextual information on your AUM asset class split. [Optional]

OO 07. Fixed income AUM breakdown

07.1. Provide to the nearest 5% the percentage breakdown of your Fixed Income AUM at the end of your reporting year, using the following categories.

Internally managed

37.3 SSA

18.5 Corporate (financial)

44.10 Corporate (non-financial)

0.1 Securitised

Total 100%

OO 08. Segregated mandates or pooled funds (Not Applicable)

OO 09. Breakdown of AUM by market

09.1. Indicate the breakdown of your organisation’s AUM by market.

81 Developed Markets

16 Emerging Markets

2.5 Frontier Markets

0.5 Other Markets

Total 100% 100%

09.2. Additional information. [Optional]

The majority of our assets are invested in developed markets in terms of where the securities are domiciled. Data as of 31 December 2018.

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