OBAM IM expands distribution activities to Germany and Luxembourg,
OBAM Investment Management (OBAM IM) is expanding its activities to Germany and Luxembourg in partnership with Fundbridge GmbH. The collaboration is part of OBAM IM’s strategy to make the OBAM N.V. fund accessible to investor audiences outside domestic market the Netherlands.
Next to reinstating its institutional offering to partners in the Netherlands, the international expansion is a next growth-step of OBAM N.V.’s asset manager OBAM IM, which became independent as per July 1st 2020. The fund’s 85-year-old history, its long term performance track record and its strong sustainability focus, makes OBAM an interesting partner to German and Luxemburg professional clients.
Sander Zondag, CEO & CIO OBAM Investment Management B.V: “We are delighted to partner with Fundbridge on our international business development approach now that we have been independent for over a year. Claude Hellers, Managing Partner at Fundbridge, has a long track record and a solid reputation in fund distribution. The collaboration with Fundbridge will provide us with access to their extensive network of wholesale and institutional partners in both Germany and Luxemburg.”
Claude Hellers, Managing Partner Fundbridge GmbH:
The mission of Fundbridge is to match the right investment solution with our investment community. Through the collaboration with OBAM IM, we are pleased to propose to our clients a global equity solution with one of the longest track records in the Dutch industry. Sander Zondag and his team purely focus on investment management and sustainability is an integral part of their process”
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About OBAM N.V.
OBAM N.V. is an open global equity UCITS investment fund founded in 1936 and has been a listed stock exchange entity since 1954. OBAM N.V. shares are traded daily on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The investment fund invests globally in approximately 50 unique companies, which aim to profit from structural global trends, and which are active within a growing, well-structured industry. The investment fund aims to achieve a combination of above-average capital growth and income over time. The fund’s assets under management equal EUR 1.2bln as per 31 December 2021.
OBAM was a Gouden Stier award winner for best investment fund in the Netherlands 2019 and was a 2020 and 2021 top-5 nominee in the same category.
OBAM Investment Management B.V.
OBAM Investment Management B.V. is OBAM N.V.’s UCITS-licensed asset manager. Both entities are included in the register held and supervised by the Dutch market regulator Autoriteit Financiële Markten.
More information is available at www.obam.nl
Fundbridge GmbH
Fundbridge GmbH was founded in September 2020 with the mission to represent and sell a limited number of high quality asset managers to an existing network of professional investors in Germany and Luxembourg. Claude Hellers, former Head of Wholesale and Managing Director at Fidelity Investment Services FIS, created the firm together with STRATECO Group who offers marketing, legal, compliance, IT and administrative infrastructure.