25/11/2010
Pimco actively-managed funds arrive in France
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The management firm Pimco, which has recently moved into equities management, on Wednesday, 24 November announced the launch of the EqS Pathfinder FundTM and Pimco EqS Pathfinder Europe FundTM, as Newsmanagers reported at the beginning of summer (see, e.g., Newsmanagers of 21 June 2010). The firm had recruited Anne Gudefin and Charles Lahr, two value managers from Templeton Mutual Series, a few months earlier. With the two funds, the firm offers its clients an “ultra-flexible” deep value equities investment strategy. Concretely, the Pathfinder strategy is the active equities strategy developed by Pimco, whose objective is to generate high returns by identifying shares which are trading below their value and investment opportunities in the areas of distressed debt and merger arbitrage, a statement says. The management of the EqS Pathfinder FundsTM from Pimco rely on bottom-up analysis of shares and a deep value philosophy and investment process, and invest primarily in equities, complemented by investments in distressed debt, merger arbitrage, and tactical strategies such as coverage. The two funds come as additions to the Global Investor Series (GIS) from Pimco, which complies with UCITS III regulations. The Sicav, domiciled in Dublin, now has 38 sub-funds, with assets of EUR46.8bn. The funds offer daily liquidity.
