Sigma Gestion regains independence following ACG stake sale

Sigma Gestion became part of the ACG group in October 2011, when the latter acquired a 63% shareholding in the business. Members of Sigma Gestion's management – namely president Emmanuel Simmoneau, commercial director Vincent Lachene and investment director Guillaume Hemmerlé – and the family office Sigma held on to the remaining 37% stake.

ACG has now sold its stake back to the three management team members and Sigma, making Sigma Gestion an independent firm once more. The break-up is understood to have stemmed from diverging views around governance and strategy matters, notably with regards to Sigma Gestion's integration within the group.

Sigma Gestion has retained almost €200m in assets under management and intends to continue raising FIP and FCPI funds, as well as pursuing new avenues for investors such as the PEA-PME investment scheme.

ACG will now focus its retail efforts on Viveris Management, which it acquired in January 2012, months after the takeover of Sigma Gestion. Viveris currently has €700m in assets under management, which it deploys at a national level.

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