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Conflict of Interest Management Policy

Preventing the risk of conflicts of interest between the activities of LB-P Asset Management and those of LB-P
Conflicts of interest can only occur in a limited number of cases.

  • The main purpose of LB-P's individual advisory missions to individuals is to structure the physical and financial real estate assets of each client in the light of its asset allocation strategy. This activity is conducted without solicitation.
  • It should be noted that while it is still possible for LB-P's clients to subscribe to units of the funds managed by LB-P Asset Management, LB-P Asset Management does not make any management fees to LB-P.
  • With regard to the public sector, the State and especially the local authorities, there is no relation between missions aiming at enhancing and optimizing real estate assets currently allocated to public services, private companies and associations exercising a public service. public service mission, and management by the Company of the Managed Funds. Moreover, local authorities can not today own shares of commercial companies without decree in Council of State authorizing them.
  • There remains the case of companies for which consulting missions would also be conducted in order to value and optimize the real estate assets they hold, facilitate their access to the capital market or M & A transactions. This risk of conflict of interest can not be excluded for the companies in question belonging to the real estate sector.

 

1.1 Rules between LB-P Asset Management and LB-P :

To avoid interference between LB-P Asset Management's business and LB-P's business, the following rules have been implemented.
a) No investment is made by any of the funds if it involves shares of listed companies that are the subject of a negotiated or accepted advisory engagement. This prohibition is extended to 6 months after the end of the mission,
b) If a consulting assignment of an unlisted company is followed by its IPO within 6 months of its completion, no investment in the shares of this company is made by the Managed Funds within 6 months this introduction,
c) Membership in a board of directors of a listed company of a person exercising functions in the LB-P Group ipso facto results in the transposition to LB-P Asset Management of the rules on the prohibition of director transactions when one of the Managed Funds holds securities of that company. If no security is held upon acceptance of the mandate, no investment can be made in the Managed Funds.

In order to ensure compliance with these rules, the staff member responsible for monitoring the contract shall notify the managers of LB-P Asset Management and his / her head of internal control of the projected consulting assignments by e-mail, as well as of the list submitted. regularly maintain mandates held in companies of all kinds. LB-P Asset Management is also informed of the completion of the assignments; the reports and conclusions are not brought to their notice, unless they are made public and at the moment they are. The statutory auditors, who are common to all LB-P Group companies, verify that this information has been duly and formally submitted in due time and makes reference to it in the special report. Finally, these rules are mentioned in the appropriate forms in the Managed Funds documentation.

 

1.2 Organization of advisory and management structures :

Advisory and management structures are organized to clearly define responsibilities

  • LB - P SAS centralises hardware resources and can make staff available to LB - P Asset Management. The conditions for the provision of material resources and the provision of human resources between LB - P and LB - P Asset Management are set out in a written agreement between LB - P and LB - P Asset Management.
  • The employees of LB-P Asset Management in the securities management functions are employees of this company. The staff performing the functions of RCCI and assistance is an employee of the company Jacques Lebhar Finances and assigned to LB-P Asset Management for the exercise of this function. The parent company carries out the consulting business directly or through dedicated subsidiaries.
  • Mr. Jacques LEBHAR is Executive Chairman of LB-P, but as recommended by the AMF, he is non-executive Chairman of LB-P Asset Management; The Chief Executive Officer of LB-P Asset Management assumes sole management of this company.

Persons who have confidential or privileged information refrain from communicating it to another person "outside the normal scope of their work, profession or function or for purposes other than those for which it was given to them". communicated ... "(Article 622-1 of the RGAMF).
Staff members would be responsible for any disclosure of confidential or privileged information in the event that they do not comply with the procedures themselves.
In case of departure, he is bound by a duty of care which must lead him to abstain from inciting the principals for whom he was responsible to transfer their assets to another establishment.

 

 

2. Prevention of the risks of conflicts of interest directly related to asset management activity

2.1 Interests of Unitholders :

Staff members acting as managers of the Funds must in particular:

  • justify that the transactions have been done in a transparent manner in the sole interest of the holders of the Managed Funds,
  • be able to make decisions freely and independently
  • refrain from any actions that could be considered fraudulent,
  • perform their duties while respecting the integrity, transparency and security of the market.

 

2.2 "Buy-Sell" arbitrage transactions between UCITS, OTC transactions authorized by MIFID :

To date, no operation of this type has yet been carried out.
In the future, these operations can be carried out as follows:

  • They will be realized at the market price (preservation of the justifications of the state of the market)
  • In the case of securities transactions listed on regulated markets, they will be declared to the AMF.

 

3. The prevention of the risks of conflicts of interest that may result from a lack of organization of the management company

 

3.1 General principles concerning management :

Staff members acting as managers of the Funds must at all times comply with the following rules:

  • never be placed in a position to perform other functions that are clearly conflicting,
  • not to be entrusted with the management of the own portfolio of the sponsoring institution or the custodian
  • never acquire, on behalf of a Managed Fund, shares or unlisted shares of a subsidiary of LB-P Asset Management or its promoter group,
  • decide, in the event of the management of several Funds, in complete independence and integrity, in the interest of the clients only and in compliance with the applicable regulations.

If the Managers can intervene in their personal capacity in the units of the funds they manage and the shares of the companies in their investment universe, these movements are however declared without delay and controlled by the RCCI
 

 

3.2 Staff remuneration:

It is strictly forbidden for any member of the Personnel to receive remuneration, in any form whatsoever, from a counterparty, an intermediary or a client, directly or indirectly.
In the current state of affairs, given their variable remuneration, the managers could be encouraged to make a very large turnover of the portfolios for no economic or financial reasons and for the sole purpose of increasing the movement fees.
A specific control of the fund's turnover rate is carried out monthly by the manager.
The turnover rate is calculated according to the formula below:
(Purchases + Share sales) - (Subscriptions + Redemptions)
                                                                      Average asset
 

3.3 Gifts and benefits:

In general, gifts, invitations and benefits in any form should be considered unacceptable if they could be of such a nature as to influence the recipient's professional behavior.
These principles must also apply in the opposite direction: Staff members declare to the RCCI the nature and value of the gifts they offer to their clients, counterparties and / or external suppliers with whom the Company is in contact with. case or is likely to be.
In both ways, gifts and benefits should never be money transfers.
All employees, in the interests of transparency, must declare to the RCCI, or in his absence to the Management of the Company, all gifts of a value equal to or greater than 100 euros, received at his place of residence or at the place of work, and offered by counterparties, intermediaries and / or external suppliers with whom the Company is or may be in business relationship.
Any advantage, invitation (shows ...) must also be declared under the same conditions.
Invitations to professional seminars / conferences / travel, etc ... must be professionally justified; they are subject to the prior notice of the RCCI and the authorization of the hierarchy. It is customary for the Company to bear a significant portion of the costs (plane ticket, hotel, etc.).
 

3.4 Independence rules:

The guidelines and decisions applied within LB-P Asset Management can only come from its decision-making body, to the exclusion of any interference or pressure from outside persons or entities, including the depositary, financial intermediaries or any other financial company directly or indirectly related to it.
The manager who has been the victim of this type of pressure or deontologically reprehensible facts such as misinformation, manipulation of courts, insider trading, must inform his superiors.
No Personnel must accept or solicit direct or indirect compensation from a client, intermediary, supplier or competitor that may compromise its impartiality or independence of decision or alter its autonomy. because of privileged relationships.

 

3.5 Primacy of the interest of the bearers:

LB-P Asset Management manages only one fund as of the date of update of this procedure.
In the event that LB-P manages several funds, the following provisions are provided to respect the interests of the holders of each fund.
All orders must be allocated to one or two of the managed funds prior to their transmission to the financial intermediary. The timestamp of the order attests to the chronology of the process, which is framed by a specific procedure.
Managers must give priority to the interests of unitholders or shares of the Managed Funds while respecting the integrity of the market, acting in all circumstances with due diligence, loyalty, honesty, discretion, neutrality and impartiality.
 

3.6 Conflict Resolution Procedure:

The procedures put in place within LB-P Asset Management must make it possible to prevent possible conflicts of interest.
If any such conflict arises, the persons concerned should seize the RCCI, which would then give its opinion in writing.
In the event of a conflict of interest concerning a customer, he or she will be duly informed in accordance with MiFID principles.

Claims handling procedure

The purpose of this document is to define the procedure for dealing with customer complaints that may be addressed to LB-P AM. This procedure complies with Article 313-8 of the AMF General Regulation as supplemented by AMF Instruction 2012-07, which stipulates in particular that the ISP must establish a procedure and a device for reporting and rapid processing. claims against non-professional clients.
 

1. Receipt of the complaint:

A claim is a declaration by a client or a UCITS holder stating his dissatisfaction with the Management Company. A request for information, opinion, clarification or service is not a claim. A complaint can take the form of a written letter or an email. Upon receipt of the customer complaint, it is sent to the RCCI who notifies the account manager. RCCI retains a duplicate of this claim.
 

2. Registration of the complaint:

A claims register is maintained to list all claims that may be submitted to LB-P AM. The elements on this register will be:

  • Claim number
  • Claim date
  • Customer name
  • Customer account concerned
  • Description
  • Actions
  • Resolution
  • Customer response date

In the event that the complaint is considered incomplete, a request for additional information will be sent to the client in order to process the file.
Each claim will be the subject of a separate file containing the following elements:
o the written complaint of the client,
o the actions and solutions provided to this claim,
o a copy of the response sent to the client.
An investigation will be conducted to gather all information necessary for the study and the response to this claim.

 

 

3. Claims Processing and Customer Response:

The concerned manager acknowledges receipt of the complaint to the client within a maximum of 10 working days from receipt of the complaint and prepares the response to be addressed to him.
The draft reply is submitted to the RCCI and the General Management of the company.
Once validated, the response is sent to the customer within a maximum of two months after receipt of the complaint and a copy indicating the date of sending the mail is recorded in the register of complaints.
LB-P AM undertakes to respond to the customer's requests for information on the progress of the processing of its claim, particularly in the event of the occurrence of special circumstances that would not meet the deadlines on which the company is committed.
In case of rejection or refusal to grant the claim in full or in part, customers will be informed in the response to possible remedies, outside the usual legal channels.
It is indeed possible for the client to seize the Mediator of the AMF. To make a complaint to the AMF Mediator, the client can use two methods:
o To connect on the website of the AMF at the following address: www.amf-france.org, go to the link indicated at the bottom of the frame entitled "The Mediator", select the tab "The Ombudsman, instructions ", choose" Referral Modes "and complete the" Mediation Request Form ".
o Contact the Mediator of the AMF by mail at the following address:
          Autorité des marchés financiers
          Mediation
          17, Place de la Bourse
          75082 Paris Cedex 02
 

4. Monitoring and control of the processing of complaints:

Claims are chronologically tracked by the RCCI to detect any delays in processing and to take the necessary action.
Permanent monitoring regularly ensures that claims have been processed, that the response has been communicated to the client, and that there are no claims pending. In case of malfunction, it implements corrective actions.
In the annual report on compliance and internal control, the RCCI reports on the malfunctions identified through the claims and indicates whether measures have been taken to prevent their recurrence.
 

ESG criteria taken into account

  • LB-P Asset Management funds range does not currently include SRI funds. However, the management process is focused on maximizing value creation for its clients, while ensuring the respect for the principles of sustainable development. In addition, the ESG approach is integrated in the definition of the investment policies to be established by the asset management company with real estate fund investors, in particular by assessing the quality of the underlying real estate assets.
  • LB-P Asset Management fully assumes its role as a responsible investor, through its course of action and is thus led to invest in companies meeting several ESG criteria. As examples, the management team pays particular attention to the following items : transparency of the financial communication, separation of functions, management quality and skills, independence of the board of directors.
  • In addition, LB-P Asset Management may use some ESG gross data provided by its providers.
  • LB-P Asset Management teams are attentive to any changes in the legislation relating to the consideration and application of ESG criteria.

 

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Information to unitholders :

We inform the unitholders of the fund "Euro Immo-Scope Income" (part P1: FR0010696468, part P3: FR0010696500, part I1: FR0010696526) that LB-P Asset Management, the management company of the fund, has decided to simplify the name of this fund, which will henceforth be called "Euro Immo-Scope", from 30 November 2015.