Amundi asset management has appointed Laurent Ducoin as head of European equities.
Ducoin replaces Olivier Baduel, previously head of European equities – stockpicking, and will report to Romain Boscher, global head of equities.
In his new role, Ducoin will be based in Paris and responsible for a team of seven fund managers.
Prior to joining Amundi, Ducoin was head of the European equity team and a fund manager at Carmignac from 2011, with responsibility for rebuilding the investment process of the team.
Previously he worked as a fund manager at Blackrock in London from 2004, where he participated in the management of several pan-European and Swiss only-products. Between 2002 and 2004, he held the position of sell side financial analyst at CM-CIC Securities.
Amundi has assets under management of over €850 billion.
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