CIAM: Paris-based pure, concentrated merger arbitrage fund managed by 3 French Power Women

CIAM is a Paris-based pure, concentrated merger arbitrage fund specialized in stressed transactions. The fund invests solely in officially announced transactions in Europe and in North America using a dynamic and contrarian investment style in pure Merger Arbitrage in different categories of trades : “Stressed”, “Bump”, “Traditional/Classic”.

CIAM is seeded by IMQubator, a Dutch platform backed/financed by Pension Fund APG, with a minimum commitment of 3 years. Hear from Anne-Sophie d’Andlau, CIAM's Co-founder and Managing Partner:

- What attracted the Dutch incubator to their firm

- The three power women behind CIAM:
* Catherine Berjal : CIO
* Anne-Sophie d’Andlau : Head of Business Management
* Frédérique Bouchet : COO & Risk Manager

- CIAM's investment parameters & process as well as risk management

The role and impact of emerging markets on global M&A:
- How have Asian bidders changed the game?
- What does China really want?

- Outlook: Contrary to general perception, M&A activity is on the rise with great opportunities in North America, and in a lesser extent in Europe

CIAM stands for Charity Investment Asset management. Every year, the Asset Management company CIAM channels 25% of its performance fees to CIAM For Kids endowment fund. The goal is to give donations to associations involved in Childhood care (Health and Education) in Europe and the rest of the world.

Anne-Sophie d’Andlau, CIAM's Co-founder and Managing Partner, acquired a solid “Corporate finance” experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers, first within the audit and due diligence departments from 1995 to 2000 (in NY from 1998 to 2000), and then within the M&A department from 2000 to 2001. She further moved to the French asset management company Systeia Capital Management where she was appointed head of Research for the Event Driven strategies in 2001 before becoming fund manager as the head of the Event Driven portfolios in 2003. Anne-Sophie kept that position until 2008.