Kempen Capital Management is set to combine the Kempen (Lux) Sustainable European Small-cap Fund and the Kempen (Lux) European Small-cap Fund.
The merger, to complete on 10 September 2019, will see Kempen (Lux) European Small-cap Fund incorporated into the Kempen (Lux) Sustainable European Small-cap Fund.
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Both the funds are sub-funds of Kempen International Funds SICAV, domiciled in Luxembourg. They are registered for offering in specific European countries.
The two European small-cap funds are being regulated by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier.
Among the two, the Kempen (Lux) European Small-cap Fund has integrated ESG criteria to a high degree.
It also complied with the sustainable exclusion criteria of the other fund, one of the key reasons for their merger into a single offering.
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By GlobalDataKempen CIO Lars Dijkstra said: “Kempen has over fifteen years of experience investing in sustainable European small-cap shares.
“The transition to one single sustainable European small-cap fund will increase the fund size to over €300m.
“A larger fund size means that the fund is available to a larger and more diverse international client base.”
As of 4 July this year, total net asset value (NAV) of the two funds was €317m.
Kempen is a specialist asset management company. It serves institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies from its offices in Amsterdam and London.
Its fiduciary management team of experts acts as the alternative investment arm for pension funds and insurance companies from around the world.
