{"id":33709,"date":"2014-03-28T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/news\/amundi-and-tikehau-sign-partnership-agreement\/"},"modified":"2014-03-28T07:10:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T06:10:00","slug":"amundi-and-tikehau-sign-partnership-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/news\/amundi-and-tikehau-sign-partnership-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Amundi and Tikehau sign partnership agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amundi and Tikehau today announced a strategic asset management<br \/>\npartnership.  The two companies will focus their cooperation on private debt management to offer institutional  and retail clients high value-added products for their investment return needs in a low interest rates<br \/>\nenvironment. Leveraging on its strong international presence, Amundi will provide its clients with  access to Tikehau IM\u2019s innovative and bespoke product range. <\/p>\n<p>This agreement will enable Tikehau to<br \/>\naccelerate the development of its asset management platform, Tikehau IM, targeting all client<br \/>\nsegments from retail clients to institutional investors and sovereign funds.<br \/>\n<quote>Together, the two<br \/>\ncompanies will also be able to launch new products marketed under the Amundi \/ Tikehau dual<br \/>\nbrand. Finally, both companies will jointly explore future avenues of cooperation in all their areas of<br \/>\nexpertise.<\/quote><\/p>\n<p>Under this partnership, and subject to the supervisory authorities\u2019 approval, Amundi will acquire a  12.8% stake in the management company Tikehau IM, in line with long standing partner Ark\u00e9a, and<br \/>\nbecome a shareholder of Tikehau Capital Advisors, the head structure of the Tikehau group, with  7.3% of the capital, alongside its Partners and Unicredit. <\/p>\n<p>Yves Perrier, Chief Executive Officer, Amundi, said: <em>\u201cThis partnership is perfectly in line with Amundi&#8217;s<br \/>\nproduct policy, offering its clients a broad range of high-quality expertise tailored to the needs of each<br \/>\nclient segment. In addition to its in-house asset management, Amundi will be able to offer products<br \/>\nfrom external partnerships. Since its creation, Tikehau has proven the excellence of its expertise and<br \/>\nits innovation capacity, especially in private debt. Thanks to this agreement, Amundi, the European<br \/>\nleader in Fixed Income with more than \u20ac400 billion assets under management, reinforces its private<br \/>\ndebt funds offering, which already represents \u20ac4 billion. This operation also confirms Amundi&#8217;s<br \/>\ncommitment to develop Paris\u2019 asset management industry together with its most innovative<br \/>\nentrepreneurial players.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Antoine Flamarion, President and founder of the Tikehau group, declared: <em>\u201cThis agreement marks a<br \/>\nmajor milestone in the development of Tikehau. We are very pleased to welcome Amundi as a new<br \/>\nstrategic partner alongside our long-standing partners. As a leading player in Asset Management, Amundi has a reputation for excellence among investors. Together, we will be able to offer many<br \/>\nclients bespoke, innovative and high value-added products, especially in the private debt area where  Tikehau has established a renowned expertise in recent years in Europe.&#8221; <\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under this partnership, and subject to the supervisory authorities\u2019 approval, Amundi will acquire a  12.8% stake in Tikehau IM, in line with long standing partner Ark\u00e9a, and become a shareholder of Tikehau Capital Advisors, the head structure of the Tikehau group, with  7.3% of the capital, alongside its Partners and Unicredit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":33707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1470],"tags":[1655,1651,2094,2007,1686,1969],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33709"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}