Candriam Abs. Return Eq.Market Neutral I $ Hdg

Principal assets traded:1. Within the scope of the implementation of the investment strategy:- Equities and/or securities equivalent to equities of companies from developed and/or emerging countries, of any capitalisation,- Forward contracts (futures, options and swaps) on regulated or OTC markets. These products are used for the purposes of exposure, arbitrage or hedging. The underlyings of these derivative financial instruments can be:* Equities and/or securities equivalent to equities,* Equities indices,* Units in undertakings for collective investment,* Currencies, for hedging purposes,- Securities lending transactions,- Exchange traded notes on equities indices,- Units in undertakings for collective investment.2. Within the context of cash management:- Money market instruments with a short-term rating of at least A-2 when acquired (or equivalent) from one of the ratings agencies, issued by all types of issuers,- Repurchases and reverse repurchases,- Bonds and other debt securities with a short-term rating of at least A-2 when acquired (or equivalent) from one of the ratings agencies,- Transferable securities or equivalent money market instruments other than those described above, deposits or cash.Investment strategy:The fund seeks to achieve capital growth by investing in the principal assets traded and to achieve a performance better than that of the benchmark. In order to achieve its management objective, the fund follows the "Equity Market Neutral" management style, which means that, depending on the investment opportunities it identifies and on the basis of quantitative and qualitative analyses, the asset manager will simultaneously take long positions on equities that he or she believes, all things being equal, have the potential to increase in value, and short positions on other equities.This management style makes it possible to maintain a limited net exposure to equity markets. For more information on the identification of investment opportunities and q

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PEA compliant

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PEA-PME compliant

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