Bob Maes

Candriam Belgium SA (Candriam) is the Belgian asset management subsidiary of Candriam Luxembourg SCA, ultimately held by New York Life Insurance Co. in the US. Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Dexia Asset Management Belgium SA, the asset management division of Dexia SA (XB: DEXB). In 2014, New York Life Investments acquired Dexia Asset Management and the firm changed their name to Candriam, which is an acronym of their core values: “Conviction and Responsibility in Asset Management”. Headquartered in Brussels, Candriam provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to US registered funds, a limited number of US natural persons, and to institutions.

KBC Asset Management SA (KBCAM-Luxembourg) is the Luxembourg-headquartered wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of KBC Asset Management NV, itself a subsidiary of integrated bank insurance group KBC Groupe SA/NV (XB: KBC) in Belgium. KBCAM-Luxembourg provides asset management services to private individuals, corporate clients and institutions. They also manage a diverse range of mutual funds across various asset classes, markets and strategies. The firm was founded in 1999.