{"id":77542,"date":"2019-02-14T01:21:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T00:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/mobilite\/bnp-paribas-asset-management-strengthens-quant-research-group-with-hire-of-three-senior-analysts\/"},"modified":"2019-02-14T01:21:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T00:21:17","slug":"bnp-paribas-asset-management-strengthens-quant-research-group-with-hire-of-three-senior-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/asset-management\/mobilite\/bnp-paribas-asset-management-strengthens-quant-research-group-with-hire-of-three-senior-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"BNP Paribas Asset Management strengthens Quant Research Group with hire of three senior analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boris Afanasiev, Beno\u00eet Bellone<\/strong> and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Abergel<\/strong> have joined the QRG Research Lab and report to Thomas
\nHeckel and Fran\u00e7ois Soup\u00e9, Co-Heads of QRG. Boris is based in London, and Beno\u00eet and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric are based in
\nParis.<\/p>\n

Alongside the QRG Research Lab\u2019s other quantitative analysts and data scientists, Boris, Beno\u00eet and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric will
\nwork across all asset classes, undertaking strategic research and using their connections within the academic
\nworld where appropriate.<\/p>\n

The QRG forms part of BNPP AM\u2019s Products & Strategic Marketing division, led by Pierre Moulin. It was
\nestablished in 2007 in order to centralise BNPP AM\u2019s quantitative research capabilities and now consists of
\naround 30 experts in quantitative investment. The centralisation of resources has enabled BNPP AM to expand
\nits expertise to cover new datasets and develop innovative advanced quantitative approaches.<\/p>\n

The latest appointments represent a significant development in BNPP AM\u2019s quantitative ambitions, including
\naugmenting its fundamental investment processes with quantitative inputs, developing new proprietary
\n\u2018quantamental\u2019 portfolio construction techniques and ensuring the continued competitiveness of its factor
\ninvesting approach through innovative enhancements.<\/p>\n

Pierre Moulin, Global Head of Products & Strategic Marketing at BNP Paribas Asset Management,
\ncomments:
\n\u201cThe creation of a stronger, more collaborative and more efficient quantitative research platform will enable us
\nto remain at the forefront of quantitative research, and the addition of such highly experienced analysts as
\nBoris, Beno\u00eet and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric to the team will be instrumental in helping us to achieve our ambitions. I am very
\npleased to welcome them to BNP Paribas Asset Management.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Boris Afanasiev<\/strong> has considerable expertise in researching systematic futures markets trading. He joined from
\nStatQuant Consulting, where he was Managing Director, having previously been CIO and Founding Partner of
\nAsset Algo Advisory. Prior to this he was a senior quantitative researcher at AQR Capital Management and Head
\nof Commodities research at Winton Capital Management. Boris has a Master degree in Mathematics & Statistics
\nand a PhD in Theory of Probability & Mathematical Statistics, both from Moscow State University, and an MBA
\nfrom Henley Business School.<\/p>\n

Beno\u00eet Bellone<\/strong> joined from HSBC Global Asset Management where he was Head of Equity and Multi-Asset
\nResearch, designing and managing multi-asset factor and global macro absolute return strategies. Previously
\nhe was an economist at the OECD and the French Ministry of Finance. Beno\u00eet is a graduate from the Ecole
\nNormale Sup\u00e9rieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay. He holds a Master degree in Economics & Statistics from ENSAE ParisTech and a Master degree in Mathematics from Universit\u00e9 Paris IX \u2013 Dauphine.<\/p>\n

Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Abergel<\/strong> joined from CentraleSup\u00e9lec, where he was Director of the Chair of Quantitative Finance,
\nresearching electronic markets and high frequency finance for 11 years. Prior to this he spent a further 11 years in quantitative research roles in investment banking, at Natixis, Barclays Capital, CAI Cheuvreux and BNP
\nParibas, following another decade in academia. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure and has
\na PhD in Mathematics from Universit\u00e9 Paris Sud-Orsay (Paris-XI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BNP Paribas Asset Management (\u2018BNPP AM\u2019) announces the appointment of three senior quantitative analysts to
\nits Quant Research Group (\u2018QRG\u2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":77540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1479],"tags":[1655,1651,2044,1774],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77542"}],"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=77542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}