Carmignac Patrimoine: Defensive Strategy Pays Off

Carmignac Patrimoine, the €24 billion flagship fund of French manager Carmignac Gestion, is back in the spotlight due to its good performance this summer. Despite the turbulence in European financial market, the fund rose 2.56% while its benchmark (50% MSCI AC World+50% Citi WGBI) lost -3.19% from June to August this year. Our cumulative return […]

September 28, 2011

Carmignac Patrimoine, the €24 billion flagship fund of French manager Carmignac Gestion, is back in the spotlight due to its good performance this summer. Despite the turbulence in European financial market, the fund rose 2.56% while its benchmark (50% MSCI AC World+50% Citi WGBI) lost -3.19% from June to August this year. Our cumulative return chart below depicts the fund’s daily performance through this year. As shown, before July, the fund lagged both its peers and benchmarks. It staged a turnaround afterwards and now it outperforms its benchmark and is back to the top quartile.

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