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Candriam Investors Group: A sustainable and responsible financial player 

We have been present in the asset management market for 20 years and have been continually developing our business.

In a world of constant change, we have always known how to adapt, particularly to the current situation. We have always known how to cater to our clients with solutions and services adapted to their growing requirements.

As an asset manager, we have a dual responsibility:

• Our first responsibility lies in the honour which our clients have bestowed upon us to manage their funds and to guide them in their own responsibilities.
• Secondly, we hold the responsibility of being increasingly present and engaged in public life and the broader society in general.

Our responsibilities towards our clients

For more than two decades, we always endeavour, through strong and committed team work, to offer our clients the best performances, which are regularly recognised and awarded by the market.

This is a difficult art, and will remain so, due to world governance, to which all need to continuously adapt.

We at Candriam are proud of our achievements to date. 
In 2016, for the second time, Candriam was elected « European Asset Manager of the Year ».
This year again, we largely exceeded our targets, which were already quite ambitious.
Over the past three years, our AUM increased by more than 50%.
Expanding internationally, we opened, among others, an office in New York and are developing our activities in Korea and Japan through the local presence of NYLIM International.

Our clients, who have always been at the centre of our company, can rest assured that we shall constantly endeavour to respond to, or even to anticipate, their needs and requirements.

Our responsibility towards society in general

Our second major responsibility, which is of the utmost importance to us, is our role as an engaged and responsible party in public life. Our clients also are very sensitive to this.

We were pioneers in the field of Sustainable & Responsible Investments (SRI) 20 years ago.
Besides having developed an in-house SRI conduct in our day to day business and values, we also demonstrate our highly responsible view through a number of initiatives:
For example, we publish the carbon footprint impact for each of our SRI funds. 
We were one of the founding signatories to the « United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing » and we also regularly affirm our engagement by cautioning multinational companies.

For 2017, we plan to become even more actively involved in the field of Micro-Finance, through a long-term partnership with BlueOrchard, and also to increase our impact as a responsible player in public life through the set-up of a Candriam Foundation.

The reasons for our confidence in the future
The reasons for your confidence in us

Whatever the century or political influences, life always encourages one to progress in all fields.
In a world as complex as the 21^st century, we at Candriam remain confident.
We fully understand our duties. That is why our clients can rest assured that we shall further develop and consolidate our Group, because we shall always know how to adapt to global changes, whatever the context might be.

For our development, we draw on our parent company, New York Life Investments, with whom we share the same vision and objectives.

Our clients can therefore be certain to count on us, not only as a partner delivering performance and client proximity, but also as a company driven by outspoken Convictions and a strong sense of Responsibility.