09/10/2014
Tobam tops USD6bn in assets under management
p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Tobam is continuing its growth by forced march. As of 30 June 2014, the quantitative asset mangaement firm, in which Amundi has acquired a 17.5% stake in May 2012, has seen its assets under management top USD6bn, with a total of exactly USD6.334bn, compared with USD5.739bn as of the end of 2013. This increase of nearly USD600m is due to net inflows totalling USD300m in the first six months of the year, Yves Choueifaty, chairman of Tobam, explains at a press conference. Inflows may be higher by the end of the year. The asset management firm has won several large new mandates since the beginning of the year, but their imminent funding has not yet occurred. This makes it possible to look to the future with some serenity. “I will be satisfied if we have USD10bn in assets in first quarter 2015,” Choueifaty says, though he refuses to set this as an objective, properly speaking. To support its growth, Tobam has made some serious additions to its teams, with the recruitment of 7 people in the past 12 months. In December 2013, the firm also opened an office in New York, composed of two people, to pursue its growth in North America, which now represents 23% of its assets. Tobam is now placing the emphasis on Asia and the Middle East, which account for about 1% of assets currently. “We have begun to prospect in this region from Paris,” says Choueifaty. “We are working with Amundi in this region due to their strong local presence.”
