Please see the list of shareclasses in scope of the upcoming conversion. Investors in these funds who do not have an agent will be converted from the A shareclass with a higher AMC to the C shareclass which has a lower AMC. Allianz have mailed the eligible investors to notify them of the upcoming actions.

Eligible investors will see their holdings in the donor shareclasses converted into the host shareclass for value 12:05 on 18/09/2020.

Please contact the SS&C Distributor Client Services Team if you have any queries, our contact details can be found by clicking here.

Donor share class	Donor ISIN	Host share class	Host ISIN
Allianz Continental European Fund A Class Acc	GB0031382988	Allianz Continental European Fund C Class Acc	GB00B3Q8YX99
Allianz Strategic Bond Fund A Class Inc	GB0031383408	Allianz Strategic Bond Fund C Class Inc	GB00B06T9362
Allianz UK Opportunities Fund A Acc	GB0031383515	Allianz UK Opportunities Fund C Acc	GB00B8BB9445
Allianz UK Mid Cap Fund A Class Acc	GB0031383622	Allianz UK Mid Cap Fund C Class Acc	GB00B83YTF22
Allianz US Equity Fund A Class Acc	GB0031384034	Allianz US Equity Fund C Class Acc	GB00B4N1GS74
Allianz Emerging Markets Equity Fund A Class Accumulation	GB00B0WDH725	Allianz Emerging Markets Equity Fund C Class Accumulation	GB00B0WDH832

Due to an internal conversion project Calastone will be unavailable fordealing into our R and A share classes from 12.00 on Thursday 3rd September until 09:00 on Friday 4^th September. During this time any deals can either be held or submitted manually. Dealing will reopen at 09.00 on Friday 4^th September and any deals previously held will be placed before the 12:00 dealing cut off and will achieve the same valuation point as they would have received if they had been placed at the original date of receipt, i.e. the 08:00 VP on Monday 7^th September.  

AXA Investment Managers UK Limited (referred to in this statement as (“AXA IM” or “we”)) has taken the decision to close the AXA Rosenberg European Fund (the “Fund”), a sub-fund of the AXA Rosenberg Global Investment Company ICVC (the “Scheme”). Our reasons for this decision are explained below.

 

After careful consideration with the Fund’s depositary, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, we have concluded that the Fund is no longer of sufficient size to allow for your investment to be managed in an economical way.

 

We are aware that, due to the reduced size of the Fund, the Fund is no longer providing value for its shareholders when taking account of the fees and costs incurred in running the Fund. Further, there does not appear to be any prospect of a resurgence of demand in this Fund or its strategy to attract sufficient new inflows to make the Fund commercially sustainable.

 

We therefore believe that it would be in the best interests of all parties to close the Fund.  We have the consent of the Fund’s depositary to do so and approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) that the closure of the Fund will not affect the ongoing authorisation of the Scheme.  

 

The closure of the Fund will begin immediately following the suspension of dealing in the Fund on 07 September 2020 (the “Fund Closure Date”), or on such other date as may be notified to you. 

ConBrio Fund Partners Limited (formerly Castlefield Fund Partners Limited) has appointed SS&C as administrator for the following fund ranges, effective from trade date 6^th July 2020;

 

Fund Name	ISIN:
CFP Castlefield B.E.S.T Sustainable European Fund Inc	GB00BF4VR355
CFP Castlefield B.E.S.T Sustainable Income Fund Inc	GB00B13NPH48
CFP Castlefield B.E.S.T Sustainable UK Opportunities Fund Inc	GB00B8J7Y492
CFP Castlefield B.E.S.T Sustainable UK Smaller Companies Fund Inc	GB00B1XQNH95
CFP Castlefield Real Return Fund Inc	GB00B12V1482
CFP Castlefield B.E.S.T Sust. Portfolio Founder Inc	GB00BFNWMY57
CFP Castlefield B.E.S.T Sust. Portfolio General Inc	GB00BYXG3H04
CFP SDL Free Spirit Fund Acc	GB00BYYQC271
CFP SDL Free Spirit Fund Inc	GB00BYYQC495
CFP SDL UK Buffetology Fund Acc	GB00BF0LDZ31
CFP SDL UK Buffetology Fund Inc	GB00BKJ9C676

 

In line with this change, we are communicating updates that will apply to existing holdings. Your account numbers and agent codes currently held for trading in the above funds will change. We will be communicating the new details to you directly no later than Wednesday 1^st July 2020, which will be used for trading from 6^th July 2020.

**UPDATED 02/07 - BANK DETAILS**

Apologies for any confusion, we can confirm the following bank details are to be used for trades placed on or after 6th July 2020:

Bank: Bank Of America

SWIFT Code:BOFAGB22

IBAN: GB88BOFA16505084328056

Sort Code: 16-50-50

Account Number: 84328056

Account Name: ConBrio FP Limited Dealing

The bank account name will shortly be renamed in line with the rebranding. We will update the bank details available on the ConBrio fund groups page once this change has taken place.

 

Dealing:

Dealing will be available from 8am on Monday 6th July 2020 on EMX and CTN.

 
**UPDATED 25/06**

EMX details are as follows;

Participant ID: CSTFP 

Product Code	Product Name
000002	CFP Sanford DeLand ICVC
000003	CFP Castlefield Portfolio ICVC
000004	CFP Castlefield Funds ICVC

 

Should you wish to link your agent codes to EMX for the participants mentioned above, please complete the 'EMX Agent Linking' spreadsheet on the following link: https://www.distributorportal.co.uk/documents/ss-c-instruction-templates

 

The Conbrio (Castlefield) fund provider identifier (CODE/BIC/DN) for Calastone trading will not change. However, if you have any queries on your connectivity, please refer to your contact at Calastone to clarify.

 

For queries relating to dealing and settlement for trades placed up to and including the VP 3 July 2020, please refer to Maitland directly for these details. SS&C will not hold a full transaction history for these holdings.

 

Any trades received on Monday 6^th July 2020 with an old account number/agent code will be rejected and you will need to re-submit with the new account number/agent code provided to you. Any trades placed from this date will need to be paid to the bank details available on the relevant fund group page, which will be available on live date.

 

Coveralls

SS&C will NOT be carrying coveralls over from the previous administrator. Therefore, SS&C will need updated coverall forms from all clients. We have contacted all existing clients directly to ask for forms to be completed and returned to us by Wednesday 1^st July 2020. Historic account numbers can be quoted on this form. If forms are returned after this date we cannot guarantee coveralls will be in place in readiness for the migration. If you require a copy of the coverall forms, please contact us via our Webchat service.

 

Distributor Portal

For accounts that you wish to be linked to the Distributor Portal, we will require new linking forms submitted to us alongside letters of authority where required. For forms that are provided to us prior to Friday 3^rd July 2020 we will link the accounts in readiness for the live date. Any forms provided to us after this date will be processed as soon as possible after the migration.

 

Please ensure you have made all relevant internal parties aware of these changes and updates are made in line with the dates above. If you do have any questions or queries please utilise webchat or for alternative contact details see the below link: https://distributorportal.co.uk/contact-us