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COMPANY PROFILE
We
have been present on the collective investment market since the early 1990s. Investiční
kapitálová společnost KB, a.s. (hereinafter “IKS”)was
founded byKomerční
banka, a.s. (hereinafter “KB”)on the 1
st of May 1994 as its wholly owned subsidiary, which became the first legal successor of
the companyInvestiční
kapitálová společnost KB, spol. s r.o. incorporated in 1991.
International
background
Due to the
integration of KB in theSociété
Générale (SG) group in
October of 2001, we became part of a financial group, which is one of the biggest and most
profitable in Europe. The SG group has over 15 million clients and 3 100 branches
worldwide.
Since
May of 2005, we have been a subsidiary of a prominent asset management company with worldwide
operationsSociété
Générale Asset Management (SGAM).In addition to
many already existing products of IKS, KB clients gained access to other products and services of
the company SGAM in the area of asset management.
Since
January 1st 2010, IKS KB is a subsidiary of Amundi Group
(Amundi),
which was created through a merger of Société
Générale Asset Management a Crédit Agricole Asset Management.Amundi ranks
third in Europe and among the top eight global players in asset management, with more than
€670 billion (as of December 31, 2009) under management. Located at the heart
of the main investment regions in more than 30 countries, Amundi offers a comprehensive range of
products covering all asset classes and major currencies.
Management
and results of the company as well as of the funds managed by us is continuously being reviewed by
a renowned auditing company Deloitte Audit
spol. s r.o.
IKS is one of
the founder members of theAssociation of
Funds and Asset Management of the Czech Republic (formerly Union
of Investment Companies of the Czech Republic).
Wide product
range
With mainly
investments in open-end mutual funds, we offer investors valuations of their resources by
collective investments. We introduced to our market the first guaranteed fund in Central Europe,
and we were the first ones to enable the general public to invest in a comprehensive group of
open-end mutual funds of IKS, which manages the funds with many different investment
strategies.
As
of December 31 2009, we managed 27 open-end mutual funds, of which 10 were guaranteed and secured,
and also the portfolio ofPenzijní
fond Komerční banky, a.s.As
of December 31 2009, total assets under our management amounted to
CZK 91.5 billion (including the portfolio value of Penzijní fond KB).
Distribution
channels
The purchase
and redemption of share certificates for IKS is ensured by more than
394 branches of the Komerční banka distribution network. It is also possible to
invest in the funds managed by IKS via direct banking channels (by telephone and on the internet).
A toll-free help line, KB branch employees, as well as a wide network of external associates are
all available to clients for consultations and advice in the area of investing.
The number of
IKS clients amounts to almost 170.000. The clients include physical entities, legal entities,
as well as municipalities. The structure of clients is very diverse, since collective
investments enable valuation of financial resources to physical and legal entities, and they are
available to retail clients with investment range of thousands of crows as well as to more affluent
clients.
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