DNCA Invest Sérénité Plus
Short-term eurozone bonds
Art.8
Key points
A flexible and opportunistic fixed income strategy to limit the impact of market fluctuations.
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A flexible approach to short-term fixed income investments with the objective of limiting volatility.
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A security selection process based on fundamental analysis of issuers, incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria.
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A portfolio invested up to 100% in euro-denominated bonds, with no rating constraints.
Managers comments April 2025
NAV
€109.80
Risk indicator
Lower risk
Higher risk
Risks :
- Risk relating to discretionary management
- Interest-rate risk
- Credit risk
- Risk of capital loss
- Liquidity risk
- Convertible securities risk
- Risk of investing in Contingent Convertible Bonds and/or Exchangeable Bonds
- Perpetual bonds risk
- Risk relating to investments in derivative products
- Counterparty risk
- Equity risk
- Risk of investing in fixed income securities
- Specific risks associated with OTC derivative transactions
- Distressed securities risk
- ESG risk
- Sustainability risk
performance and volatility
as of 12/06/2025
Year-to-date performance
+1.71%
+3.84%
+2.04%
+10.62%
1.32%
Footnotes
*The inception date of the Fund is 03/11/2016
Portfolio Managers
Romain Grandis, CFA
Portfolio-Manager - CFA
Romain Grandis, CFA charterholder, holds a degree in civil engineering from the Ecole des Mines and an Actuarial qualification from the ISFA financial science and insurance institute in Lyon.
He began his career at CIC Lyonnaise de Banque in 2004, and in 2005 joined MMA Finance, part of the Covéa group, as a fund manager and quantitative analyst on European equities. In 2010, he joined Covéa Finance, using his quantitative analysis skills across all asset classes. In 2011, Covéa Finance appointed him to manage insurance mandates for the group’s various entities.
Romain joined DNCA Finance in May 2016 as co-fund manager in both the bond and diversified fund management teams.
*CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst ® are registered trademarks of the CFA Institute.
He began his career at CIC Lyonnaise de Banque in 2004, and in 2005 joined MMA Finance, part of the Covéa group, as a fund manager and quantitative analyst on European equities. In 2010, he joined Covéa Finance, using his quantitative analysis skills across all asset classes. In 2011, Covéa Finance appointed him to manage insurance mandates for the group’s various entities.
Romain joined DNCA Finance in May 2016 as co-fund manager in both the bond and diversified fund management teams.
*CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst ® are registered trademarks of the CFA Institute.
Romain Grandis, CFA
Portfolio-Manager - CFA
Romain Grandis, CFA charterholder, holds a degree in civil engineering from the Ecole des Mines and an Actuarial qualification from the ISFA financial science and insurance institute in Lyon.
He began his career at CIC Lyonnaise de Banque in 2004, and in 2005 joined MMA Finance, part of the Covéa group, as a fund manager and quantitative analyst on European equities. In 2010, he joined Covéa Finance, using his quantitative analysis skills across all asset classes. In 2011, Covéa Finance appointed him to manage insurance mandates for the group’s various entities.
Romain joined DNCA Finance in May 2016 as co-fund manager in both the bond and diversified fund management teams.
*CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst ® are registered trademarks of the CFA Institute.
He began his career at CIC Lyonnaise de Banque in 2004, and in 2005 joined MMA Finance, part of the Covéa group, as a fund manager and quantitative analyst on European equities. In 2010, he joined Covéa Finance, using his quantitative analysis skills across all asset classes. In 2011, Covéa Finance appointed him to manage insurance mandates for the group’s various entities.
Romain joined DNCA Finance in May 2016 as co-fund manager in both the bond and diversified fund management teams.
*CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst ® are registered trademarks of the CFA Institute.
Romain Grandis, CFA
Portfolio-Manager - CFA
Romain Grandis, CFA charterholder, holds a degree in civil engineering from the Ecole des Mines and an Actuarial qualification from the ISFA financial science and insurance institute in Lyon.
He began his career at CIC Lyonnaise de Banque in 2004, and in 2005 joined MMA Finance, part of the Covéa group, as a fund manager and quantitative analyst on European equities. In 2010, he joined Covéa Finance, using his quantitative analysis skills across all asset classes. In 2011, Covéa Finance appointed him to manage insurance mandates for the group’s various entities.
Romain joined DNCA Finance in May 2016 as co-fund manager in both the bond and diversified fund management teams.
*CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst ® are registered trademarks of the CFA Institute.
He began his career at CIC Lyonnaise de Banque in 2004, and in 2005 joined MMA Finance, part of the Covéa group, as a fund manager and quantitative analyst on European equities. In 2010, he joined Covéa Finance, using his quantitative analysis skills across all asset classes. In 2011, Covéa Finance appointed him to manage insurance mandates for the group’s various entities.
Romain joined DNCA Finance in May 2016 as co-fund manager in both the bond and diversified fund management teams.
*CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst ® are registered trademarks of the CFA Institute.
Breakdown by country
DNCA Invest Sérénité Plus is down very slightly over the month (0.49%) and has stood at 1.25% since the start of the year.
Within the portfolio, a few lines have been reduced or exited due to high valuations and their exposure to customs duties: Mercedes-Benz 7/2027, Traton 3/2027 and 1/2028, Harley-Davidson 4/2026. The high level of cash at the start of the month enabled us to invest quite significantly during volatility peaks in the first half of the month, on a large number of lines already in the portfolio, particularly in the high-yield category, with issuers such as Webuild, ZF, IGT, Verisure, Ethias, Crown, Sogecap, IQVIA, Forvia, MasOrange and iliad; short-call hybrids (Veolia Environnement), new entries (German real estate company LEG as a convertible, Swiss telecom company Salt and Spanish utilities company Naturgy as a hybrid); convertibles (Nexi with the entry of 2028). Banks were also strengthened, with a preponderance of Tier 2 subordinated bonds (ING, Erste Bank, Caixabank, Banco BPM, Montepaschi, BNP or BPER Banca) and AT1 (AIB, BBVA, Commerzbank, ABN AMRO, Intesa Sanpaolo and Unicredit). The share of high yield has risen by more than 2 points (to 30%), and AT1s represent almost 5% of the portfolio at the end of the month.
Sensitivity remains virtually stable at 1.4.
The extra-financial characteristics of the portfolio show a responsibility performance of 4.92 and a sustainable transition exposure of 79.88%.
Over and above the high volatility of recent weeks, the markets seem for the moment to be absorbing very well the major economic disruption caused by the announcement of unprecedented tariffs. Even if it is possible, or even likely, that the US administration will lower the rates applied in exchange for concessions from each of the countries involved, there will be a definite impact on the economy and on corporate earnings in general. With this in mind, we feel it is important to remain cautious and retain some room for manoeuvre, so as to continue to profit from the volatility to come on the markets.