The European Aggregate Core Plus Strategy is a value-oriented fixed income strategy that seeks attractive total returns from income and price appreciation by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of government, corporation, and non-government debt denominated in euro and non-euro currencies. To help achieve this objective, the strategy combines a top-down assessment of macroeconomic conditions and the corporate bond universe with rigorous bottom-up fundamental analysis. The strategy has a broad investment universe and can purchase securities rated BB- and above.