France

FRANCE - Edhec has appointed Koray Simsek assistant professor of finance, responsible for teaching classes in financial modelling and quantitative methods in finance.

FRANCE - AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Vincent Levit as director of strategy and innovation, based in Paris.

FRANCE - BNP Paribas has appointed its head of asset management and services Vivien Levy-Garboua to the new global role of head of compliance in response to "increasingly stringent" requirements in the regulatory environment.

FRANCE - BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP PAM) and Fauchier Partners have merged their joint venture - BNP Paribas Fauchier Partners (BNP FP)- with Fauchier Partners to create a major fund of hedge funds business.

FRANCE - State Street Global Advisors has appointed Frédéric Dodard head of balanced portfolio management for Europe.

FRANCE - The BNP Paribas Group is centralising its multi-management teams in independent investment company Cortal Consors Fund Management (CFM).

FRANCE - The e16bn Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites has awarded Global Securities Consulting Services (GSCS) an analysis mandate.

FRANCE - BNP Paribas Asset Management has reduced its overweight on equities in the run up to the US presidential election but will remain underweight on bonds.

FRANCE - CDC IXIS Asset Management (CDC IXIS AM) is restructuring its fund management and research teams, giving increased responsibilities to a number of its senior fund managers, following the departure of both its chief investment officer and head...

FRANCE - The e16bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites has appointed an overlay mandate to State Street Global Advisors for a period of three years.