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AXA Investment Management Unveils Inflation-Linked Fund

Eliane Chavagnon

23 July 2012

AXA Investment Managers has launched the UCITS IV-compliant, Luxembourg-domiciled AXA WF Universal Inflation Bonds fund, offering investors “transparent and tax-efficient” access to inflation-linked bonds.

According to a statement, the fund has both retail and institutional share classes, with no minimum investment into the retail share class and €5 million (about $6.1 million) into the institutional share class.

It seeks to capture opportunities presented by inflation in both developed and emerging markets. “The period of great moderation is over and inflation is an increasingly global phenomenon generated by new macro-economic dynamics,” said Jonathan Baltora, lead manager of the new fund.

“For years developed economies have imported disinflation from emerging markets,” he added. “The positioning of the portfolio is designed to efficiently allocate exposure to those economies that are driving global growth, as opposed to giving weight to more indebted economies.”

Although the fund is not currently registered for sale in any jurisdictions other than Luxembourg, the firm said it is considering registration across “a number of countries in Europe”.

AXA Investment Management has approximately €528 billion in assets under management, as at end-March. It employs some 2,400 people globally and operates out of 22 countries.