{"id":69673,"date":"2018-03-06T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/strategie\/lombard-odier-investment-managers-backs-alternatives-strategy-with-sustainability-focus\/"},"modified":"2018-03-06T00:08:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:08:00","slug":"lombard-odier-investment-managers-backs-alternatives-strategy-with-sustainability-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/strategie\/lombard-odier-investment-managers-backs-alternatives-strategy-with-sustainability-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Lombard Odier Investment Managers backs Alternatives Strategy with Sustainability Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em> <strong>Arnaud Langlois joins Lombard Odier IM as Portfolio Manager<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arnaud Langlois and Cyrus Azarmgin, who have run the strategy together for seven years,<br \/>\njoin Lombard Odier IM as Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst respectively. The strategy<br \/>\nwill launch in Q2 2018 with $100m in committed capital.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pascal Porcherot, CEO of Lombard Odier IM\u2019s 1798 Alternative Platform,<br \/>\nsays: <em>\u201cThere is high demand for long-short funds and strategies which incorporate<br \/>\nresponsible investment. This is an important milestone in strengthening our alternatives<br \/>\nplatform and reinforces Lombard Odier IM\u2019s commitment to responsible investing.<br \/>\n<br \/>\u201cArnaud Langlois and Cyrus Azarmgin have a deep understanding of how sustainability<br \/>\nand other factors work together in a portfolio to generate alpha and we welcome them to<br \/>\nthe team.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arnaud Langlois, Portfolio Manager, comments: <em>\u201cWe are excited to partner with<br \/>\nLombard Odier IM. The firm\u2019s commitment to the strategy reflects a shared vision that<br \/>\nthe integration of fundamental sustainable research into the investment process can be a<br \/>\nstrong source of alpha for equity long \/ short strategies. We have been truly impressed by<br \/>\nthe quality of the organisation, the depth of its resources and forward thinking approach.<br \/>\nWe look forward to working with Lombard Odier IM to build on the exciting opportunities<br \/>\nahead.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arnaud Langlois has 20 years\u2019 experience in the investment industry. He was formerly a<br \/>\nportfolio manager at Millennium and before that UBS O\u2019Connor, where he launched the<br \/>\nO\u2019Connor Sustainability L\/S Equity Fund. He also spent nine years in equity research at<br \/>\nJPMorgan where he was a top-rated consumer analyst and a pioneer in sustainability<br \/>\nresearch. Cyrus Azarmgin has worked with Arnaud at JP Morgan, UBS O\u2019Connor, and<br \/>\nMillennium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lombard Odier Investment Managers (\u2018Lombard Odier IM\u2019) announces the appointment<br \/>\nof Arnaud Langlois to launch a global equity long\/short investment strategy with a<br \/>\nsustainability focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":69671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1483],"tags":[1655,1849,1826,1682,1848,1651,1807,2068,1685],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69673"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}