BNP Paribas Asset Management has announced in a press release the appointment of Olivier de Larouzière as Chief Investment Officer for Global Fixed Income. He will be based in Paris and will report to Rob Gambi, Global Head of Investments.
De Larouzière will be responsible for managing BNP Paribas AM’s global fixed income platform, with a strong focus on investment performance and commercial success. He will also retain his existing responsibilities as Head of the Global Multi Strategy Product (GMS) team and will additionally join the Business, Investment and Investment Management committees.
De Larouzière joined the asset manager in January 2019 to manage the GMS team and currently has more than 25 years’ experience in the fixed income investment area. The global fixed income group of BNP Paribas AM that he will be responsible for includes 80 investment professionals located in London, Paris, New York and Asia-Pacific. Collectively managing more than 168 billion euros of assets in single- and multi-strategy products across sovereign debt, corporate credit, emerging market debt, structured securities and currency, the group also encompasses money market products, insurance products and credit research.
“During the past two years in which he has headed multi-strategy fixed income, Olivier has been instrumental in developing the investment philosophy and approach of the teams for which he has been responsible. I welcome him to his new role and look forward to working with him as he develops our fixed income capabilities further in order that we can continue to deliver long-term sustainable returns to our clients”, said Rob Gambi, Global Head of Investments of the firm.
Prior to joining BNP Paribas AM, De Larouzière was Co-CIO of Fixed Income at Ostrum Asset Management and senior portfolio manager at Credit Lyonnais Asset Management, having begun his career as a fixed income portfolio manager at Ecureuil Gestion. He holds a Masters in Applied Mathematics from Paris Dauphine University.
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