Sextant Inc. is a mutual fund with lightened investments rules. It is meant for experienced investors having the capacity to evaluate the inherent risks involved with this type of product. This fund is therefore subject to specific rules.
We invite you to familiarize yourself with the fund’s prospectus, in particular the section “Risk Profile”. The fund can, in effect, adopt investment strategies which are more risky than a conventional mutual fund: concentration of investments, short sales, complex financial instruments…
The minimum amount of the initial (except in the case of life insurance), is set by the guidelines of the AMF at:
125 000€ en general cases
10 000€ if you can justify financial holdings (not including real-estate) superior to one million euros, or one year
of professional experience in the financial sector
Sextant Inc. is valued every friday (D)
You make your subscription or redemption order with your habitual financial intermediary.
To be based on the net asset values of D, your financial intermediary must have transmitted your order to the centralist at the latest in D-5 before 10:00 AM (cut-off). Keeping in mind technical delays, you should generally have placed your order with your financial intermediary a minimum of one banking day before the cut-off.
The guidelines force us to verify that you are indeed a qualified investor as outlined in article 413-2 of the AMF guidelines, in other words, to verify that you have respected the initial minimum subscription amount.
To do this, you need to, for EACH ORDER (initial or subsequent subscription ) return to us by fax at +33 1 40 74 35 64 or by post the following document:
Subscribers Statement (this is not the subscription form)
Without having received this document in time, we will be forced to REFUSE THE SUBSCRIPTION.
The settlement / delivery of your shares is effectuated in D+3 banking days. The redemption of shares is settled with your bank in D+3 banking days.
To familiarize yourself with the detailed conditions of the subscriptions for user-registered units, plus consult the following document:
Conditions and Subscription form for issuer-registered units of Sextant Inc.
Please note that you do not have to add an additional copy of the afore mentioned “Subscriber Statement” , the mandatory statements are included in the subscription form.
To obtain a redemption of your shares, return to us by fax at +33 1 40 74 35 64 or by post at the latest D-5 banking days before 11:00AM the following document:
Redemption form for Sextant Funds
The sums pertaining to the redemption will be transferred to you in D+3 banking days.
The shares are legally subscribed by the insurance company (from which you hold an account labeled in share units) and being that they are considered to be a qualified investor, the minimum initial subscription amounts set by the AMF are not applicable.
The guidelines applied are those set forth in the Code Général des Assurances (General Insurances Code). You can invest in hedge type mutual funds such as Sextant Inc. through your contract
without a minimum amount
in the limit of 10% of premium payments
As a reminder, the assurer has discretionary power to make an account unit accessible. The conditions for investing and disinvesting are determined by the general conditions of your contract.
The decree number 2006-557 of May 16th, 2006 made the commercialization of alternative funds more flexible for asset management companies under mandate, thus modifying the Code Monétaire et Financier (Monetary and Financial Code).
Asset management companies can henceforth invest without a minimum amount in hedge funds without the investor needing to be a qualified investor, under the condition that a mandate authorizes them and that they act in the best interest of their clients. (article D. 411-1.-III 2°, page 3).