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PEER ENGAGEMENT
Summer Cocktails on La Française Group's Terrace
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Toast the summer season at our 8th Annual Summer Cocktails and Industry Outlook event kindly hosted again this year by La Française Investment Solutions. Renaud Champion, LFIS’ Head of Credit Strategies, will offer insight into pockets of value (and risk) in credit in today’s uncertain and changing world. Then Jean-Louis Laurens, Ambassador of the French asset management industry at the AFG, will discuss the timely topic of France as a European investment industry hub and the steps being taken to attract international asset managers to the Paris marketplace.
We look forward to your joining us on La Française Group's beautiful terrace for market insights and networking.
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6:00 PM Registration
6:30 PM Event Begins
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We will begin promptly
at 6:30 PM; please arrive early. Since it is disruptive to everyone when latecomers enter the session, those arriving after the event has begun will only be admitted at the discretion of 100WF and the host. Please note the start time on this invite and plan to arrive early.
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La Française Group
128, Boulevard Raspail
Paris, 75006, France
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PARTICIPANTS
Renaud Champion
La Française Investment Solutions
Jean-Louis Laurens
The French Asset Management Association (AFG)
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La Française Investment Solutions
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Renaud Champion
Head of Credit Strategies,
La Française Investment Solutions
Renaud benefits from almost 20 years of credit industry experience. He joined LFIS in January 2013 from AXA IM Structured Finance where he spent five years. From 2010 to 2012 Renaud co-headed the corporate credit team at AXA IM Structured Finance where he was in charge of the non-traditional corporate credit platform. From 2007 to 2010 he served as senior portfolio manager within the structured credit investment team managing funds and investing in CDOs and regulatory capital transactions across the capital structure.
Previously, from 2002 to 2007, Renaud was in charge of the credit team (research and portfolio management) at Allianz Global Investors France, reporting to the head of fixed income. Between 1998 and 2002, he was head of money market and credit funds at DWS France.
Renaud graduated from HEC in 1994 and ENSAE in 1998.
Jean-Louis Laurens
International Ambassador, The French Asset Management Association (AFG)
Jean-Louis served as managing partner and chairman of the management committee of Rothschild & Cie Gestion starting in 2009. From 2005 to 2009, he led Robeco’s French subsidiaries before becoming worldwide head of the group’s asset management activities. From 1999 to 2005, he held the positions of deputy CEO of AXA Investment Managers and chairman and CEO of AXA IM France, Benelux, Italy and Spain. From 1995 to 1999, he served as chairman of the management board of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He began his career at HSBC before joining Morgan Stanley in 1993 as deputy CEO in Paris, international executive director and co-head of corporate finance for France. Mr. Laurens speaks French, English and German, is a graduate of HEC and has a doctorate in economics.
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La Française Investment Solutions
La Française Investment Solutions ("LFIS") is an institutional asset manager headquartered in Paris. Founded in 2013, the firm has $7.6 billion in assets under management and 38 employees across offices in Paris and London
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LFIS’ innovative set-up combines asset management expertise and specialist quantitative and derivative capabilities. This unique blend of skills underlies value-added investments including alternative strategies focused on credit, risk premia and volatility, thematic funds, including hedged equity, and dedicated solutions. LFIS’ strategies seek to deliver consistent risk-adjusted returns over time while focusing on capital preservation. With a perspective aligned with the new global context, LFIS takes a quantitative, relative value approach, screening the range of instruments and asset classes for authentic opportunities to secure absolute returns. LFIS’ investment and risk management processes are similarly quantitatively-driven, offering investors a consistent and repeatable roadmap for performance.
(1) Excluding certain assets under management raised during the current year and scheduled to mature intra-year in 2017. The EUR/USD exchange rate used is based on May 31, 2017 Fininfo closing rate i.e. 1 EUR equals 1.1245 USD.
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