Paris, August 28, 2020 – H
2O Asset Management (H
2O AM) has announced the temporary suspension of eight of its funds
1 for an estimated period of four weeks with the aim of sidepocketing holdings of private securities and reestablishing liquidity for investors in the portion of the funds invested in liquid assets.
The decision to suspend these funds was taken in the interests of unitholders and in order to ensure their fair treatment. The 16 other funds managed by H
2O AM remain open to subscriptions and redemptions.
Natixis supports these measures, which are aimed at protecting investors’ interests.
H
2O AM is a unique asset manager created within Natixis Investment Managers, differentiated by its specific global macro investment strategies. It is one of the 24 asset management companies, which are independent from each other and autonomous in their investment policies, that constitute Natixis’ diversified asset management model.
The suspension of these funds has no financial impact on Natixis, either on the balance sheet or on the income statement. Natixis holds 50.01% of H
2O AM shares via Natixis Investment Managers, while the affiliate’s assets under management account for 2.3% of Natixis Investment Managers’ total AuM
2. Natixis’ investments in H
2O AM’s funds total €20 million in seed money and €60 million via H
2O Asset Management’s cash invested in its funds.
H
2O AM’s contribution to Natixis’ net income group share is limited (€4 million in the second quarter of 2020) and should remain so over the quarters ahead, as performance fees from H
2O AM were no longer expected given the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, which affected the recent performance of its funds. Excluding performance fees, H
2O AM’s contribution to Natixis’ 2019 results was limited to:
- around €150 million in net revenues, i.e. less than 2% of Natixis’ underlying net revenues3;
- around €30 million in net income group share, i.e. approximately 2.5% of Natixis’ underlying net income3.
It is also worth noting that performance fees from affiliates other than H
2O AM came to almost €150 million within the Asset Management business’ total revenues of €3.5 billion in 2019.
For more information, please read the article on H
2O Asset Management website:
Temporary Suspension of H2O Funds
1 H2O Multibonds, H2O Allegro, H2O Multistrategies, H2O Adagio, H2O Moderato, H2O Vivace, H2O Multiequities and H2O Deep Value.
2 Figures at end-June 2020.
3 Excluding exceptional items and excluding H2O AM’s performance fees contribution.
