Candriam, a global multi-asset manager focused on sustainable and responsible investing, is pleased to announce the appointment of five new fund managers in response to continued investor demand for its product offering. They will all be based in Paris.
Dany da Fonseca, CFA, Senior Fund Manager, joins the investment grade credit team. He will be co-manager of Candriam’s sustainable bond euro corporate strategy, which has over EUR 1.37 billion assets under management (AUM) as at end of August 2022, alongside Thomas Madesclaire, Senior Fund Manager at Candriam. In his new role, Dany will have a particular focus on the ESG credit bond market. Previously, he worked at Amundi where he managed and contributed to the development of thematic ESG credit strategies. Dany will report to Patrick Zeenni, CFA, Head of Investment Grade & Credit Arbitrage.
Yohanne Levy, Fund Manager, joins the fixed income team from La Française Group where he was a Portfolio Manager for both the investment grade credit and fixed income funds. He will now co-manage Candriam’s total return bond strategy alongside Nicolas Forest, Global Head of Fixed Income, and Jamie Niven, Senior Fund Manager at Candriam. He will also be co-manager of the firm’s global bonds strategy as well as be a member of its fixed income strategic committee. Yohanne will report to Jamie Niven. Candriam’s Global Fixed Income platform manages around EUR 45 billion of AUM as at end of August 2022. The team consists of 40 investment specialists and work in close synergy with a team of 21 ESG professionals.
Sébastien Le Berre, Fund Manager, has returned to Candriam within the multi-asset team, having previously worked as Multi-Asset Strategist and Fund Manager at the firm’s Luxemburg office from 2015 to 2018. In his new role, he will focus on the management of Candriam’s flexible funds, including multi-asset income and income and growth strategies. He was previously a Senior Portfolio Manager in the multi-asset flexible and absolute return teams at BNP Paribas Asset Management. Sébastien will report to Nadège Dufossé, Global Head of Multi-Asset at Candriam. Candriam’s multi-asset strategy has over EUR 15 billion AUM as at end of August 2022.
Candriam’s equity market neutral team, which manages over EUR 2.36 billion AUM (as at end of August), also sees Damien Vergnaud and Célia Fseil appointed as Fund Managers. They will be co-managers on the firm’s equity market neutral strategy alongside Emmanuel Terraz, Global Head of Absolute Return and Quant Equity, and Sébastien de Gendre, Fund Manager.
Damien joins from the statistical arbitrage desk at LFIS Capital, where he worked as a Quantitative Portfolio Manager while Célia previously worked as a Quant Equities Portfolio Manager at SG 29 Haussmann, part of Société Générale Private Bank. They both bring strong expertise combined with technical knowledge, having worked on the buy-side, managing and developing quantitative equity strategies. Damien and Celia will both report to Emmanuel Terraz, Global Head of Absolute Return and Quant Equity.
These new hires are in addition to Candriam’s expansion of both its ESG development and climate-related thematic global equity teams in May this year1 in response to growing investor demand for its products.
“These five new hires reflect our continued commitment to invest in our teams of expert professionals as we see ongoing and strong institutional demand for our diverse fund range. We are committed to offering our investors a combination of high-quality investment skills, diverse strategies, conviction and responsibility, and a world leading approach to sustainable investing.”
Vincent Hamelink, Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Group Strategic and Executive Committees at Candriam
