Annual Report, Including Audited Financial Statements As at 31St December 2013
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Annual report, including Audited Financial Statements as at 31st December 2013 UBAM Variable Capital Investment Company Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg B 35 412 No subscription can be received on the basis of this report. Subscriptions are only valid if made on the basis of the current prospectus and the Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs) supplemented by the subscription form, the latest annual report and the most recent semi-annual report, if published thereafter. UBAM Contents Organisation ....................................................................................................................................................5 Report of the Board of Directors .................................................................................................................10 Report of the réviseur d'entreprises agréé.................................................................................................34 Consolidated statement of net assets.........................................................................................................36 Consolidated statement of operations and other changes in net assets ................................................37 UBAM - CORPORATE EURO BOND ............................................................................................................39 UBAM - CORPORATE US DOLLAR BOND..................................................................................................48 UBAM - DYNAMIC EURO BOND...................................................................................................................58 UBAM - DYNAMIC US DOLLAR BOND ........................................................................................................64 UBAM - EMERGING MARKET BOND...........................................................................................................70 UBAM - EMERGING MARKET CORPORATE BOND...................................................................................78 UBAM - EM HIGH YIELD SHORT DURATION CORPORATE BOND ..........................................................90 UBAM - GLOBAL BOND (CHF).....................................................................................................................98 UBAM - GLOBAL HIGH YIELD SOLUTION ................................................................................................104 UBAM - LOCAL CURRENCY EMERGING MARKET BOND ......................................................................112 UBAM - UNCONSTRAINED BOND .............................................................................................................119 UBAM - YIELD CURVE EURO BOND .........................................................................................................126 UBAM - YIELD CURVE STERLING BOND .................................................................................................132 UBAM - YIELD CURVE US DOLLAR BOND...............................................................................................136 UBAM - EM INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE BOND .........................................................................142 UBAM - EUROPEAN CONVERTIBLE BOND..............................................................................................147 UBAM - EURO 10-40 CONVERTIBLE BOND .............................................................................................152 UBAM - GLOBAL CONVERTIBLE BOND...................................................................................................158 UBAM - 30 GLOBAL LEADERS EQUITY (formerly UBAM - PCM GLOBAL EQUITY VALUE) ...............163 UBAM - ASIA EQUITY .................................................................................................................................169 UBAM - ASIA EQUITY HIGH DIVIDEND .....................................................................................................175 UBAM - DR. EHRHARDT GERMAN EQUITY..............................................................................................181 UBAM - EQUITY BRIC+...............................................................................................................................186 UBAM - EUROPE EQUITY...........................................................................................................................194 UBAM - EUROPE EQUITY DIVIDEND+ ......................................................................................................201 UBAM - GCM MIDCAP US EQUITY GROWTH (formerly UBAM - CALAMOS US EQUITY GROWTH)...210 UBAM - IFDC JAPAN OPPORTUNITIES EQUITY ......................................................................................216 UBAM - NEUBERGER BERMAN US EQUITY VALUE ...............................................................................221 UBAM - RUSSIAN EQUITY..........................................................................................................................226 UBAM - SNAM JAPAN EQUITY VALUE (formerly UBAM - IFDC JAPAN EQUITY) ................................231 UBAM - SWISS EQUITY ..............................................................................................................................238 UBAM - TURKISH EQUITY..........................................................................................................................243 UBAM - VP VALUE CHINA EQUITY (merged) ...........................................................................................248 Page 3 UBAM Contents (continued) UBAM - MULTIFUNDS EMERGING MARKETS..........................................................................................250 Notes to the financial statements..............................................................................................................255 Unaudited information................................................................................................................................306 Page 4 UBAM Organisation REGISTERED OFFICE 287-289 route d’Arlon L-1150 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SICAV Mr. Pierre BERGER Managing Director UBP Gestion Institutionnelle SA Geneva, Switzerland Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Daniel VAN HOVE Managing Director Orionis Management S.A. Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Director Mr. Christian ASSEL Managing Director UBP Asset Management (Europe) S.A. Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Director MANAGERS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SICAV (until 31st August 2013) Mr. Pierre BERGER Mr. Daniel VAN HOVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY (since 1st September 2013) UBP Asset Management (Europe) S.A. 287-289 route d’Arlon L-1150 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg MANAGEMENT COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS (since 1st September 2013) Mr. Ian CRAMB Executive Managing Director Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA 96-98, rue du Rhône, CH-1211 Genève 1 Switzerland Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Christian ASSEL Managing Director UBP Asset Management (Europe) S.A. 287-289, route d’Arlon, L-1150 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Ms. Isabelle ASSERAY Managing Director UBP Asset Management (Europe) S.A. 287-289, route d’Arlon, L-1150 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Mr. André GIGON Senior Managing Director Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA 96-98, rue du Rhône, CH-1211 Genève 1 Switzerland Page 5 UBAM Organisation (continued) Mr. Patrick PALFFY Managing Director Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA 96-98, rue du Rhône, CH-1211 Genève 1 Switzerland MANAGEMENT COMPANY’S CONDUCTING OFFICERS (since 1st September 2013) Mr. Christian ASSEL Managing Director UBP Asset Management (Europe) S.A. 287-289, route d’Arlon, L-1150 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Ms. Isabelle ASSERAY Managing Director UBP Asset Management (Europe) S.A. 287-289, route d’Arlon, L-1150 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Mr. Pierre BERGER Managing Director UBP Gestion Institutionnelle SA 8, rue Robert-Estienne, CH-1211 Genève 1 Switzerland INVESTMENT MANAGERS (until 31st August 2013) Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA 96-98 rue du Rhône CH-1211 Geneva 1 Switzerland Union Bancaire Privée, UBP S.A., London Branch 26 St James’s Square Londres SW1Y 4JH United Kingdom Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA, Zurich Branch Bahnhofstrasse 1 CH-8022 Zurich Switzerland Page 6 UBAM Organisation (continued) INVESTMENT MANAGERS (since 1st September 2013) Sub-fund Management delegated to: UBAM - ASIA EQUITY UBP Asset Management Asia Limited Hong Kong UBAM - ASIA EQUITY HIGH DIVIDEND UBAM - DR. EHRHARDT GERMAN EQUITY DJE Investment S.A. Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg Dr. Jens Ehrhardt Kapital AG Pullach, Germany UBAM - EQUITY BRIC+ Brazilian portfolio Hedging-Griffo Serviços Internacionais Ltda São Paulo, Brazil Russian portfolio Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (London Branch) Geneva, Switzerland Indian portfolio Lloyd George Investment Management (Bermuda) Limited Hamilton, Bermuda Chinese portfolio UBP Asset Management Asia Limited Hong Kong UBAM - EURO 10-40 CONVERTIBLE BOND Union Bancaire Gestion Institutionnelle Paris, France UBAM - EUROPEAN CONVERTIBLE BOND UBAM - GLOBAL CONVERTIBLE BOND UBAM - GCM MIDCAP US EQUITY GROWTH Geneva Capital Management Ltd Milwaukee, United States of America UBAM - IFDC JAPAN OPPORTUNITIES EQUITY IFDC Limited London, United Kingdom UBAM - NEUBERGER BERMAN US EQUITY VALUE Neuberger Berman Group LLC New-York, United States of America UBAM - SNAM JAPAN EQUITY VALUE Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co, Ltd Tokyo, Japan ALL OTHERS SUB-FUNDS Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA Geneva,