Renaissance Asset Managers, which specialises in emerging and frontier markets, has won approval to distribute several of its UCITS funds into the French market, the firm said yesterday.

The funds are as follows:

-- Renaissance Emerging Europe Equity Fund

-- Renaissance Frontier Markets Fund                   

-- Renaissance Russian Equity Allocation Fund        

-- Renaissance Sub-Saharan Fund                          

-- Renaissance Ottoman Fund                                           

-- Renaissance Eastern European Fund

-- Renaissance Eastern European Allocation Fund 

Available through private banks, insurance companies, funds of funds and other platforms, these funds are also distributed across Europe in Finland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.

Founded in 2003, RAM has around $2.9 billion of client assets in UCITS funds.