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The AMUNDI FUNDS EMERGING WORLD EQUITY investment team actively manages the Sub-Fund's portfolio by combining top-down and bottom-up strategies: geographical allocation, sector allocation within each country and equity selection based on growth potential and valuation. 

The Sub-Fund invests at least 67% of assets in equities and equity-linked instruments of companies that are headquartered, or do substantial business, in emerging countries in Africa, America, Asia and Europe. Investments in Chinese equities can be made either through authorised markets in Hong Kong or through the Stock Connect. The Sub-Fund may also invest in PNotes for the purpose of efficient portfolio management,. 

The Sub-Fund's total investment exposure to China A shares and B Shares (combined) will be less than 30% of net assets. There are no currency constraints on these investments. The Sub-Fund may use derivatives for hedging and efficient portfolio management.

Benchmark : The Sub-Fund is actively managed by reference to and seeks to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Free index . 

The Sub-Fund is mainly exposed to the issuers of the Benchmark, however, the management of the Sub-Fund is discretionary, and will invest in issuers not included in the Benchmark. 

The Sub-Fund monitors risk exposure in relation to the Benchmark however the extent of deviation from the Benchmark is expected to be material. 

Management Process : The investment team actively manages the Sub-Fund's portfolio by combining top-down and bottom-up strategies: geographical allocation, sector allocation within each country and equity selection based on growth potential and valuation.

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Amundi is a French asset management company. With 1,653 billion euros of assets under management (AUM) at the end of 2019, it is the largest asset manager in Europe and one of the 10 biggest investment managers by AUM in the world.

Founded on 1 January 2010, the company is the result of the merger between the asset management activities of Crédit Agricole (Crédit Agricole Asset Management, CAAM) and Société Générale (Société Générale Asset Management, SGAM). Amundi Group has been listed on the Euronext stock exchange since November 2015. Its majority shareholder is Crédit Agricole S.A.

In legal terms, Amundi Group owns Amundi Asset Management, as well as several other subsidiaries in the asset management sector, notably CPR Asset Management (CPR AM) and BFT Investment Managers (BFT IM) in France. In 2016, Amundi Group announced the acquisition of Pioneer Investments, UniCredit's asset management subsidiary. The two entities merged in 2017.

Amundi is involved in a range of investment management activities. The company is particularly engaged in active management, through a range of mutual funds (equity management, bond management, diversified management, structured products management and treasury management) as well as in passive management as an ETF issuer and index fund manager. The company also offers products in the real and alternative asset investment segments (real estate and private equity in particular). Its offering is aimed at retail investors and institutional investors, either in the form of collectivised investments or specific mandates. In France, Amundi is more widely known for its activities in the field of French employee savings schemes (épargne salariale). The company also has a research and analysis unit, which issues regular publications on global economic conditions and stock market developments.

Amundi Group has offices in several countries around the world, including Europe, Asia and the United States, and is estimated to have around 100 million direct or indirect individual clients and 1,000 institutional customers worldwide.