My Huong Trinh

KBC Fund Management Ltd. (KBCFM) is the Irish, wholly-owned fund management subsidiary of KBC Asset Management NV, itself a subsidiary of KBC Group SA/NV (XB: KBC, ADR: KBCSY) in Belgium. Formerly known as Eperon Asset Management Ltd., the firm was originally founded as Citadel Fund Services Ltd. in 2007. They became Eperon Asset Management Ltd. in 2008 and changed their name to KBC Fund Management Ltd. in 2011. Headquartered in Dublin, KBCFM acts as an asset manager for KBC Ireland Fund ICAV and Archipel Fund Plc.

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.