Friday, 22 March 2013 09:34
AXA Wealth adds Carmignac Gestion funds to Elevate
AXA Wealth has added Carmignac Gestion's range of funds to its Elevate platform.
Some 11 of the 18 Carmignac funds are now available via Elevate, a range of equities, bonds, diversified and multi-asset investment solution.
The 11 funds are Carmignac Investissement, Grande Europe, Emergents, Emerging Discovery, Patrimoine, Emerging Patrimoine, Market Neutral, Global Bond, Capital Plus, Commodities and Securite.
Carmignac, which has €50bn in assets under management, said the move was part of a strategic expansion into the UK market following the opening of a London office last year.
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David Thompson, managing director of AXA Elevate, said: "The open architecture nature of the Elevate platform and an agnostic approach to where advisers and their clients choose to invest is at the heart of the AXA Wealth proposition.
"By extending the range of funds on the Elevate platform, we are able to ensure that advisers and clients have access to a wide variety of investment choices giving them greater flexibility and choice."
Eric Helderle, managing director of Carmignac Gestion, said: "Today's announcement is an important step in Carmignac's expansion in the UK market. Following the opening of our London office last year, we have seen important demand for our high conviction investment approach from UK investors.
"Distributing funds via AXA Wealth's Elevate platform will help us meet that demand by making our global and diversified investment solutions more widely available."
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Some 11 of the 18 Carmignac funds are now available via Elevate, a range of equities, bonds, diversified and multi-asset investment solution.
The 11 funds are Carmignac Investissement, Grande Europe, Emergents, Emerging Discovery, Patrimoine, Emerging Patrimoine, Market Neutral, Global Bond, Capital Plus, Commodities and Securite.
Carmignac, which has €50bn in assets under management, said the move was part of a strategic expansion into the UK market following the opening of a London office last year.
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David Thompson, managing director of AXA Elevate, said: "The open architecture nature of the Elevate platform and an agnostic approach to where advisers and their clients choose to invest is at the heart of the AXA Wealth proposition.
"By extending the range of funds on the Elevate platform, we are able to ensure that advisers and clients have access to a wide variety of investment choices giving them greater flexibility and choice."
Eric Helderle, managing director of Carmignac Gestion, said: "Today's announcement is an important step in Carmignac's expansion in the UK market. Following the opening of our London office last year, we have seen important demand for our high conviction investment approach from UK investors.
"Distributing funds via AXA Wealth's Elevate platform will help us meet that demand by making our global and diversified investment solutions more widely available."
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