La Française AM Boosts its Management Team with Three New Talents

To support the development of its High Yield credit and Large Cap equities expertise, La Française AM, the securities investment manager of the group La Française, has announced in a press release the arrival of three new talents.

Victoire Dubrujeaud and Delphine Cadroy have joined the High Yield team, led by Akram Gharbi, Head of High Yield Investment, within the credit division, headed by Paul Gurzal, Head of Credit. The asset manager believes that they will both enhance the strong development of La Française AM’s expertise in fixed maturity funds, which represents more than 1 billion euros in assets under management (as at 31/05/2021).

Dubrujeaud, High Yield Fund Manager, will bring “a solid knowledge of the high yield market” acquired over ten years of experience, mainly as a credit analyst. She began her career at Amundi Asset Management as an Investment Grade Credit Analyst, specialising in the consumer, distribution and healthcare sectors, before diversifying into High Yield in the chemicals, metals and gaming sectors. In 2017, she joined SCOR Investment Partners as a High Yield and Leveraged Loans Analyst, then became Fund Manager/High Yield Analyst at ODDO BHF Asset Management in 2019 where she managed nearly 2 billion euros in fixed maturity funds. 

Cadroy, High Yield Fund Manager, joins La Française AM after five years of international experience beginning in London with Société Générale as an analyst in syndicated loans, before joining Amazon, then Moody’s as an Analyst in Leveraged Finance, responsible for a portfolio of twenty companies, rated high-yield and operating in the healthcare, business services and consumer sectors.

“The development of the high-yield market and the growing demand from investors for this asset class are pushing us to strengthen our expertise in this area and expand our international coverage”, Gharbi, Head of High Yield Investment, commented.

Besides, Paul Troussard has joined the Large Cap Equities team to strengthen the coverage of the euro zone, under the direction of Nina Lagron, Head of Large Cap Equities, who said that his arrival will allow them to “focus on the team’s new sustainable investment themes.”

Troussard, Large Cap Equities Fund Manager, spent more than four years at Clartan Associés as a European equities fund manager, all sectors. There, he developed an expertise in extra-financial analysis by participating in the implementation of an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investment strategy and in the launch of a sustainable European small and mid-cap fund. 

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