Ten of its funds have been made available to investors through the Novia platform, including an emerging markets fund that has made 400 per cent over a decade and two multi-asset funds that have doubled investors’ money over that time.
The firm is making a concerted push to gain business on this side of the channel, saying that RDR provides a "level playing field" for the first time.
The offshore share class of Carmignac Emergents has made 394.46 per cent over 10 years in sterling terms, according to data from FE Analytics, making it the fifth-best out of 47 offshore emerging markets equity funds with a history that long.
Performance of fund vs sector over 10-yrs
Source: FE Analytics
Carmignac Patrimoine is another of the house’s funds to stand out, having made 172.98 per cent for investors over the past decade in the offshore mixed-asset sector.
Its annualised volatility score over that time is just 10.85 per cent, meaning that its profile is similar to that of the multi-asset funds featured in FE Trustnet's list of low-volatility funds to double in value over a decade.
The five crown-rated fund does not use a benchmark. Sandra Crowl (pictured), investment committee member at Carmignac Gestion, explains that this is central to the house’s philosophy, adding that the Patrimoine fund can hold up to 50 per cent in equities but is also free to go down to zero in this assest class if it thinks it is appropriate. "The most important fact to keep in mind is that Carmignac Gestion has a non-benchmarked, actively managed approach to global investing," she said.
"We have a number of funds with a flexible exposure to equities, so if the manager thinks there’s too much risk, he doesn’t have to hold equities. This is a very important feature of those of our range of funds that have received large inflows since 2008."
Performance of fund vs offshore and IMA sectors over 10-yrs
Source: FE Analytics
Carmignac Investissement has made 236.28 per cent over 10 years, putting it fourth out of 119 funds in the offshore international equity sector.
Crowl explains the investment process used by the fund.
"A lot of our funds are in the global universe and you have to have a top-down view of the macro-economic environment."
"We discuss the fundamentals as a team and we try to decide where we feel there will be growth opportunities, both in terms of countries and of companies."
"We had a gain of 4.4 per cent in Brazil in the Carmignac Emergent fund for 2012 while the market was flat, so despite the slowdown, we still invested in a country and made money through good stock picking."
Crowl says that the firm is upping its weighting to equities, having gone from being nearly fully invested in stocks before 2008 to a much more risk-off position until more recently. It is now close to its limit in equities on all the portfolios.
"We believe that there is much reduced systemic risk in Europe but still macro risk, so our European equity positions are in defensive industries."
"The US corporates are in better shape, and we are starting to see a turnaround in trade numbers in China, Brazil and Taiwan, so we have an optimistic overview to the market in equities and corporate bonds," she finished.