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National Bank of Canada and BNP Paribas join forces to offer hedge fund managed accounts
Fri, 04 May 2007
National Bank of Canada and BNP Paribas have formed a joint venture offering hedge fund managed accounts for retail and institutional investors who wish to invest in hedge funds while controlling operational and market risks.
BNP Paribas has acquired a stake in Innocap Investment Management Inc., a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada, which specializes in hedge fund managed accounts. National Bank of Canada and BNP Paribas intend to make Innocap the leading provider of managed accounts for investors worldwide.
Innocap, which has been in operation since 1996, has developed a broad product offering which provides full transparency and security of investment management, key elements increasingly demanded by institutional investors. BNP Paribas brings to Innocap its structuring and commercial capacities, together with an international reach and breadth of distribution capabilities.
Innocap currently advises on over USD 2 billion of assets. It provides active daily monitoring of alternative funds with transparency on the underlying positions and on the setting of risk limits and investment guidelines. Additionally, it monitors operational risk, and advises on, along with third party service providers, all the key operations for the funds.
"I'm delighted by the creation of this partnership," said Yann Gerardin, Global Head of BNP Paribas Equities and Derivative (Related) s. "Innocap offers a powerful platform with full-fledged high-tech risk monitoring, control, liquidity and transparency to investors. These capabilities will enable us to create a new generation of structured products, which we expect will have broad appeal to an international client base."
This joint venture will allow BNP Paribas, recently awarded "Equity (Related) Derivatives House of the Year" by Risk Magazine, to strengthen its capabilities in structuring fund derivatives products, while completing its global alternative fund offering.
"With the participation of BNP Paribas, we are bringing Innocap's world class offering to the world wide market," said Ricardo Pascoe, Co-President and Co-CEO of National Bank Financial Group. "National Bank of Canada wants to be known as the premiere provider of all-inclusive risk management solutions in Canada and through this partnership, bring these types of solutions to the international market. Innocap has already attracted a great roster of fund managers, institutional investors in Canada and internationally, and a strong retail base. We are confident that Innocap will grow significantly in the years to come."
"I am proud that Innocap is based on the values of transparency, security, openness and equality of service for all investors," said Stéphane Liot, Global Head of BNP Paribas Fund Derivatives. "Innocap is made up of seasoned and highly talented experts in the field of hedge fund selection and due diligence, risk monitoring and legal analysis, quantitative research and portfolio management."
Martin Gagnon and Denis Parisien, co-CEOs of Innocap added: "BNP Paribas and National Bank of Canada are complementary, well-established institutions sharing the same business vision and ambition. We are confident in this joint venture and look forward (Related) to its success."
Innocap is the end result of 11 years of investments in hedge fund strategies for the National Bank of Canada. Innocap acts as advisor to National Bank and others in connection with alternative investment (Related) activities and is currently investment advisor for over USD 2 billion in hedge fund mandates.
Innocap says its managed account offering "increases the user's control over assets since all accounts at the prime broker (Related) s, future clearers, counterparties and bank accounts are opened in the name of Innocap's clients. This structure allows for the complete ownership of positions; no money is invested directly in the managers' hedge funds."
National Bank of Canada is an integrated group which provides financial services to consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations in its core domestic market, while offering specialized services to its clients elsewhere in the world. The National Bank offers a full array of banking services, including retail, corporate and investment banking. It is an active player on international capital markets and, through its subsidiaries, is involved in securities brokerage, insurance and wealth management as well as mutual fund and retirement plan management. National Bank of Canada has more than USD 120 billion in assets and, together with its subsidiaries, employs 16,908 people.
BNP Paribas has acquired a stake in Innocap Investment Management Inc., a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada, which specializes in hedge fund managed accounts. National Bank of Canada and BNP Paribas intend to make Innocap the leading provider of managed accounts for investors worldwide.
Innocap, which has been in operation since 1996, has developed a broad product offering which provides full transparency and security of investment management, key elements increasingly demanded by institutional investors. BNP Paribas brings to Innocap its structuring and commercial capacities, together with an international reach and breadth of distribution capabilities.
Innocap currently advises on over USD 2 billion of assets. It provides active daily monitoring of alternative funds with transparency on the underlying positions and on the setting of risk limits and investment guidelines. Additionally, it monitors operational risk, and advises on, along with third party service providers, all the key operations for the funds.
"I'm delighted by the creation of this partnership," said Yann Gerardin, Global Head of BNP Paribas Equities and Derivative (Related) s. "Innocap offers a powerful platform with full-fledged high-tech risk monitoring, control, liquidity and transparency to investors. These capabilities will enable us to create a new generation of structured products, which we expect will have broad appeal to an international client base."
This joint venture will allow BNP Paribas, recently awarded "Equity (Related) Derivatives House of the Year" by Risk Magazine, to strengthen its capabilities in structuring fund derivatives products, while completing its global alternative fund offering.
"With the participation of BNP Paribas, we are bringing Innocap's world class offering to the world wide market," said Ricardo Pascoe, Co-President and Co-CEO of National Bank Financial Group. "National Bank of Canada wants to be known as the premiere provider of all-inclusive risk management solutions in Canada and through this partnership, bring these types of solutions to the international market. Innocap has already attracted a great roster of fund managers, institutional investors in Canada and internationally, and a strong retail base. We are confident that Innocap will grow significantly in the years to come."
"I am proud that Innocap is based on the values of transparency, security, openness and equality of service for all investors," said Stéphane Liot, Global Head of BNP Paribas Fund Derivatives. "Innocap is made up of seasoned and highly talented experts in the field of hedge fund selection and due diligence, risk monitoring and legal analysis, quantitative research and portfolio management."
Martin Gagnon and Denis Parisien, co-CEOs of Innocap added: "BNP Paribas and National Bank of Canada are complementary, well-established institutions sharing the same business vision and ambition. We are confident in this joint venture and look forward (Related) to its success."
Innocap is the end result of 11 years of investments in hedge fund strategies for the National Bank of Canada. Innocap acts as advisor to National Bank and others in connection with alternative investment (Related) activities and is currently investment advisor for over USD 2 billion in hedge fund mandates.
Innocap says its managed account offering "increases the user's control over assets since all accounts at the prime broker (Related) s, future clearers, counterparties and bank accounts are opened in the name of Innocap's clients. This structure allows for the complete ownership of positions; no money is invested directly in the managers' hedge funds."
National Bank of Canada is an integrated group which provides financial services to consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations in its core domestic market, while offering specialized services to its clients elsewhere in the world. The National Bank offers a full array of banking services, including retail, corporate and investment banking. It is an active player on international capital markets and, through its subsidiaries, is involved in securities brokerage, insurance and wealth management as well as mutual fund and retirement plan management. National Bank of Canada has more than USD 120 billion in assets and, together with its subsidiaries, employs 16,908 people.
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