Alcatel-Lucent Dutch pension fund invests with TOBAM

Amsterdam, May 10, 2011 – TOBAM announced today that Stichting Alcatel-Lucent Pensioenfonds has selected TOBAM’s Anti-Benchmark World Equity Fund for a first 25 million euro investment.   “We went for the Anti-Benchmark approach to achieve a better diversification in the world equity portfolio. We also very much appreciated the quality of the thorough dialogue we…

CalPERS deal is first toehold in US, says France’s TOBAM

Yves Choueifaty, president of Paris-based asset manager TOBAM, has told IPE that an investment in his business by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) in a joint venture with Strategic Investment Group, as well as a large global equities mandate from the plan, will be the “seal of approval and quality” with which to launch its development among US institutional investors.

TOBAM selected for CalPERS Manager Development Program II (MDPII)

Arlington, Paris, Sacramento, April 28, 2011 – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and Strategic Investment Group (Strategic) announced today that they have selected TOBAM to participate in the Manager Development Program II (MDP II). Under the MDP II, TOBAM now manages a $150 million global equity mandate for CalPERS. In addition, a joint…

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Diversify. Diversify. Diversify. For years it was a trusted mantra: The simple idea that to mitigate the impact of nasty surprises from one company or sector, investors should hold a diversified portfolio of stocks
from a cross-section of industries.