Swiss private banking group Safra Sarasin has announced the appointment of Stéphane Decrauzat, and Vincent Rossier to head its Total Return team as of Janaury 2016.
Decrauzat joins from RAM Active Investments, where he spent the last eight years as fixed income manager. Rossier joins from Pictet Wealth Management, where he held a number of positions in the fixed income asset mamangement team.
In addition, the group also confirmed the hire of Yann Schorderet as quantitative strategist to the CIO office. He joins from Mirabaud & Cie, where he was also responsible for investment strategy.
Serge Ledermann, member of the Bank’s Executive Committee and head of Asset Management Switzerland, comments on the appointments: ”We are very pleased to welcome these managerial appointments and new skill sets, which not only will enable us to strengthen our existing teams but above all will allow us to provide new asset management expertise. The current financial market environment, with the virtual disappearance of positive yield curves, in fact calls on us to adapt our product range both within the fixed income space and in multi-asset management.”