Tag: Groupama Asset Management

The past week saw appointments across foreign exchange, liquidity management and data strategy, and trading, as well as an announcement of a key senior departure.

After two years of leading the new Groupama-Amundi partnership, head of the buy-side trading desk at Groupama Asset Management Eric Heleine will be stepping away, The TRADE can reveal.

The move follows Groupama Asset Management and Amundi Intermediation’s strategic partnership, announced in May, which saw the firms merge their trading capacities to enhance trading efficiencies.

The move will enable Groupama AM to optimise its performance through improved access to a wider range of activity with increased negotiating power.

The TRADE sits down with Eric Heleine, head of the buy-side trading desk at Groupama Asset Management, to discuss the dynamic of his trading desks, how traders’ skillsets are evolving and what’s front of mind across the buy-side for 2024 and beyond.

Market onlookers from Groupama Asset Management, Cboe Clear Europe, Cboe Global Markets, UBS and Tallarium delve into the ever-evolving state of Mifid and Mifir regulation and the key priorities for the next 12 months.

Participants across Groupama Asset Management, Horizon, and Tradeweb deep dive into the technology trends for 2024: namely, the growing use cases for artificial intelligence to improve transparency and efficiency.

The EMS – Triton Valor – provides Groupama AM a single view across workflows, including electronic RFQs, automated execution, and negotiated trading.

Incoming trader has served in equity and derivatives trading roles for 15 years collectively at Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, Newedge, Credit Suisse, OBBO BHF and Groupama AM.