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Candriam Equities L Robotics & Innovative Technology

About this fund

Candriam Equities L Robotics and Innovative Technology (hereafter "the fund") is a sub-fund of the Candriam Equities L SICAV. The assets comprising this sub-fund will be primarily invested in equities and/or similar marketable securities issued by companies around the world, considered as being ideally positioned to benefit from innovations in technology and robotics (e.g. artificial intelligence, automation, virtual reality, etc.). This is a conviction-driven sub-fund, i.e. its management is based on a rigorous selection of a limited number of equities. The fund’s sustainability objective is to promote the reduction of greenhouse gases and the achievement of the Paris Agreement objectives. The Sub-Fund is intended for investors who are prepared to accept the risks of participating in equity market developments, together with the level of volatility generally associated therewith. The investment horizon is 6 years. The fund is managed actively, with reference to the index mentioned on the section "characteristics". For further information about this index and its use, please consult the fund’s key information document (KID).
Principal assets traded: Shares of companies considered to be well positioned to take advantage of developments in technological innovations and having their head office and/or the majority of their business around the world.
Investment strategy:
The fund seeks to achieve capital growth by investing in the principal assets traded.
The management team makes discretionary investment choices based on economic/financial analyses. This fund is a high conviction fund: the management of the fund is based on a rigorous selection of a limited number of equities of any capitalisation.
There are two cornerstones in the selection of companies: a thematic selection and a fundamental analysis:
- The thematic selection seeks to only accept companies considered to be sufficiently exposed to one or more sub-themes of robotics and new technologies; and
- The fundamental analysis selects the companies scoring the highest in five criteria:quality of management, growth potential, competitive advantage, value creation and level of indebtedness.
The Fund promotes, among other characteristics, environmental and/or social characteristics without however having a sustainable investment objective. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria contribute to the manager's decision-making, without however being a decisive factor in this decision-making.
For more information, please see the management company's website and/or the prospectus.
The fund may use derivative products both for investment and hedging purposes (hedging against unfavourable future financial events).
Benchmark: MSCI World (Net Return). The fund is actively managed and the investment process implies referring to a benchmark index. Definition of the index: The index measures the performance of the mid and large cap segment in countries with developed markets. Use of the index: - as an investment universe.In general, most of the financial instruments in the sub-fund are part of the index.However, investments outside this index are authorised, - in determining risk levels/risk parameters. Since the fund is actively managed, it does not have the goal of investing in all components of the index, nor that of investing in the same proportions as the components of this index.In normal market conditions, the expected tracking error of the fund will be significant, i.e. above 4%.This measurement is an estimate of the performance gap between the fund and its benchmark index.The greater the tracking error, the greater the deviations from the benchmark index.The actual tracking error depends in particular on market conditions (volatility and correlations between financial instruments) and may therefore deviate from the tracking error expected.

Investment Team

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Felix DEMAEGHT
Fund Manager - Robotics
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Nathaniel WEJCHERT
Fund Manager

Other information

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Warning: Past performance of a given financial instrument or index or an investment service or strategy, or simulations of past performance, or forecasts of future performance does not predict future returns. Gross performances may be impacted by commissions, fees and other expenses. Performances expressed in a currency other than that of the investor's country of residence are subject to exchange rate fluctuations, with a negative or positive impact on gains. If the present document refers to a specific tax treatment, such information depends on the individual situation of each investor and may change.
In respect to money market funds, please be aware that an investment in a fund is different from an investment in deposits and that the investment’s principal is capable of fluctuation. The fund does not rely on external support for guaranteeing its liquidity or stabilizing its NAV per unit or share. The risk of loss of the principal is borne by the investor.
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