Pillar 1
Invest in the companies of tomorrow whose business contributes to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Sanso means oxygen in Japanese.
Our values reflect the integration of societal challenges, future themes or the limitation of environmental impacts through sustainable development.
To meet the needs of our customers, the experience of our team is used to support our quest for financial results associated with a high level of service.
Sanso IS gives meaning to your investments.
It is a breath of new life for your investments.
Sanso Investment Solutions was born from the merger of 3 management companies in June 2017. The merger brought to life the determination of these three management companies to form a benchmark in asset management giving their full weight to criteria related to social responsibility while maintaining a high level of know-how and financial innovation. The team’s expertise, built up over many years, allows Sanso Investment Solutions to offer investors innovative investment solutions that give the challenges of sustainable development their due.
Sanso IS offers investment solutions adapted to the needs of its customers through a range of funds, management expertise under mandate and of course dedicated investment products. We work on all the main asset classes, both in directly held securities and in selecting the best global expertise.
Sanso IS systematically takes ESG criteria into account in its investment decisions for all of the assets managed. The approach is based on the teams’ conviction that these criteria improve the portfolios’ risk/return profile. It also reflects their determination to give meaning to investments. It is described in detail in the Sanso IS sustainable and responsible investor charter.
Sanso IS also takes part in numerous market initiatives aimed at promoting SRI.
In addition, Sanso IS applies to itself the principles of sustainable development and social responsibility that it advocates in its investment policy. The company actively implements a policy aimed at promoting the well-being of its employees. Its involvement with civil society includes funding the Akuo Foundation, which undertakes and supports sustainable development projects in support of disadvantaged populations and the protection of the environment worldwide.
Sanso IS’s SRI approach is based on 4 pillars:
Invest in the companies of tomorrow whose business contributes to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Exclude companies whose behaviour is contrary to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact or that belong to certain controversial sectors.
Calculate the ESG ratings and carbon footprints of our portfolios and adopt an approach to improve them.
Engage with our partner asset managers to encourage them to improve their ESG integration practices. Our range of funds
Risk management
rova.andriamanga@sanso-is.comRova Faniry Andriamanga began his career with Talence Gestion as Middle Office Manager. In 2018, he joined Convictions Asset Management as Risk and Operations Controller. He has a Master 2 in Financial Markets from IAE Clermont Auvergne. Rova Andriamanga
Client relations & development
percilia.antunes@sanso-is.com20 years’ professional experience. Previously responsible for customer service at Convictions AM, Percilia has spent most of her career working in commercial development in various management companies. In 2003, she joined the sales department at La Française des Placements, working first with private management clients and then retail clients. In 2009, she took charge of commercial support for institutional investors at La Française AM before participating in the creation of NExT AM and then the merger with NewAlpha AM.
Quantitative Engineer
matthieu.barrailler@sanso-is.comA graduate in mathematical modelling, with specialisation in financial markets, from Polytech Nice Sophia, Matthieu started his career as a quantitative engineer at Convictions AM, where he worked for 4 years. He joined the Sanso Investment Solutions teams in January 2019. He is also a doctoral candidate in management sciences at Paris-Dauphine University.
Head of bond management
laurent.boudoin@sanso-is.comOver 30 years’ professional experience. Previously CEO and Head of Management at Global Investment Managers, Laurent was co-founder and Deputy CEO of Stelphia Asset Management from 2000 to 2013. A specialist in bond management, he began his career at JP Morgan in 1989, first in the trading room and then in the bond management team, before leaving for London, where he specialised in the international capital markets. Laurent Boudoin graduated from ESSEC (1987)
Head of management mandates
pierre.burnand@sanso-is.comMore than 10 years’ experience. Pierre began his career in Geneva, before joining Banque Hottinguer in Paris in 2009, where he successively held the positions of Junior Manager within the Mandate Management team, then Private Manager. In 2016, he took responsibility for Mandate Management at 360Hixance AM. Pierre is a graduate of Euromed Marseille (2008).
Client relations & development
quentin.calvet@sanso-is.comQuentin started his career as Institutional Relations Officer at Covéa Finance, where he spent 4 years. Building on this wealth of experience, he is now in charge of developing French private, multi-manager and institutional bank clients. Quentin graduated with an M.Sc Trading Room, Trading and Risk Management from INSEEC.
Portfolio manager
cyriaque.dailland@sanso-is.comMore than 10 years’ professional experience. Cyriaque started his career as a fund selector with La Française des Placements in 2008. In 2009, he joined Convictions Asset Management as an analyst-manager. He specialises in asset allocation. Cyriaque graduated from the Master 2 Finance programme with specialisation in Financial Markets at IAE Clermont Auvergne.
Independent wealth advisor commercial development
ugo.demange@sanso-is.comA graduate of the Edhec Business School in Nice, Ugo acquired first experience in asset management at CM-CIC AM, in sales support. He then worked as a sales representative for the Finavéo & Associés banking platform, before joining Primonial Investment Manager as Sales Asset Management in 2016. In March 2018, Ugo joined the La Financière de l’Echiquier team dedicated to Private Management as a private manager. Ugo Demange
Independent wealth advisor commercial development.
Bond management
philippe.douillet@sanso-is.comOver 25 years’ professional experience. Previously Chairman and portfolio manager at DÔM Finance, he was Director of Financial Markets within the ING group for nearly 15 years. He began his career as an auditor at Groupe PSA, then joined a trading room in the Indosuez group before taking responsibility for treasury and bond markets at ABN-Amro. He has comprehensive financial, economic, legal and tax training: ESC, Bachelor’s degree in Private Law, DECS, MBA from New York University-Stern, CFA, post-graduate degree in Wealth Management from AUREP (University of Clermont-Ferrand 1).
Strategic consulting
nicolas.duban@sanso-is.comNicolas Duban began his career in the bond markets in 1983, devoting more than 22 years to developing this expertise. He exercised his responsibilities within French and American institutions before joining BFT Gestion as Deputy CEO, Head of Fixed-income Management, in 1990. In 2001, he took part in the creation of La Française des Placements as Deputy CEO, notably developing that company’s bond management unit. In 2006, he took responsibility for Development and joined the LFP Executive Committee. Following the UFG-LFP merger in 2009, he was appointed to the Executive Boards of the La Française Group and continued his activity with institutional clients. He became Chairman of NExT AM in 2011, a company he created to develop La Française Group’s incubation activity. In 2013, he led the acquisition of New Alpha AM by NExT AM. In 2014, with the support of the Group, he took control of Convictions AM, a legacy NExT AM investment, and became Chairman in 2016. At the end of 2018, Convictions AM merged with SANSO IS. Partner of Sanso IS, he is a member of the Supervisory Board and Strategic Advisor to the General Management. Holder of a specialised Master’s degree from Institut des Techniques de Marché, he is a graduate of Institut Supérieur de Gestion.
Junior portfolio manager
francois.fontaine@sanso-is.comHolder of a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics in Social Sciences and a Master 2 in Financial Markets from NEOMA Business School, François began his training with the Multimanagement unit of Hamilton Asset Management, where he learned the business of asset management. He joined Sanso Investment solutions in July 2017 to help the management teams during the merger of the three entities. In January 2018, he joined the management team as a junior manager focusing on the quantitative aspects of the investment process.
Support and IT developer
etienne.forget@sanso-is.comAfter obtaining a Master’s degree in Economic and Financial Risk Engineering at the University of Bordeaux 4 in 2016, Etienne began his career with management company Schelcher Prince Gestion as assistant manager/Middle Office assistant. In January 2018, he joined Sanso Investment Solutions, working in support and the development of IT solutions for all teams.
Compliance and internal control officer
shd@sanso-is.comNearly 30 years’ experience in asset management and financial markets. Before serving as Chairman of 360Hixance AM, Stéphane was CEO, in charge of management at Cedrus AM. Between 2002 and 2012, as part of the La Banque Postale group, he managed the trading room and then the online broker, EasyBourse. Previously, he was portfolio manager at Barclays AM, Alfi Gestion and Fimagest, after starting out on Le Matif at JP Pinatton in 1987. Holder of an M.Sc in Management from Paris IX Dauphine University.
Chairman
david.kalfon@sanso-is.comOver 25 years’ professional experience. Previously in charge of collective management and director of investments at EFG Asset Management France, David worked in the trading room of Morgan Stanley as Executive Director (2000-2009). After a career in auditing, he was a portfolio manager at Crédit Agricole (1998-2000) and JP Morgan (1994-1998). A graduate of Paris IX-Dauphine University and the London School of Economics (MSc International Accounting & Finance), he is a CFA Charterholder since 2000 and was Chairman of the CFA France association from 2001 to 2003.
Business development manager
francois.lhenoret@sanso-is.comFrançois joined Sanso as business development manager. He was previously in charge of wholesale customer development in France and Monaco for Janus Henderson Investors. François has more than 10 years’ experience with distribution customers in France and French-speaking Europe, notably thanks to his previous functions at Rothschild & Co, Tocqueville Finance and Oddo BHF. He has a Master of Finance degree from ESSCA.
Portfolio manager
nicolas.lollioz@sanso-is.comNicolas is a graduate of Toulouse Business School (M2 – Banking and Financial Markets) where he followed the Advanced Finance Programme (AFP). After experience in equity derivatives at Crédit Agricole CIB and immersion in the management team of Advenis Investment Managers, he joined Amaïka Asset Management in January 2015.
CEO
michel.menigoz@sanso-is.comOver 25 years’ professional experience. Previously Head of International Equity Management at SG Asset Management, Michel managed portfolios on behalf of the Société Générale group from 1996. Previously, between 1991 and 1996, he successively held positions as equity analyst, strategist and quantitative analyst. Actuary graduate of the Paris Institute of Statistics, he also has a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Paris VI (1991).
Commercial development, independent wealth advisors
nicolas.pennel@sanso-is.comNicolas started his career as an independent wealth advisor. He then put his knowledge of wealth management professionals and financial markets in the service of 360Hixance AM by taking responsibility for that company’s commercial development. He was in charge of marketing funds and mandated management in France. Nicolas graduated with a Master 2 in Finance specialising in wealth management from ESG-Finance.
Administrative manager
sandra.royon@sanso-is.comMore than 5 years’ professional experience. Previously assistant to the team leader in the Sodexo group, she began her career with Danish humanitarian organisation Development Aid from People to People, where she worked for two years. She then joined Amaïka Asset Management in March 2013.
Portfolio manager
edmond.schaff@sanso-is.comMore than 10 years’ professional experience. Previously responsible for fund selection at Cedrus Asset Management from 2012 to 2017 and prior to that consultant specialising in manager and fund selection at Altedia Investment Consulting (2007-2010) then Cedrus Partners (2010-2012). Edmond is a graduate of Télécom Ecole de Management and holds a Master’s degree in Management Science from Paris Dauphine University.
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Get in touchWithin the Sanso ecosystem, Sanso IS is a member of the CDP, is a signatory of the Paris Pledge for Action, takes an active part in working groups on sustainable management such as the SRI working group of the AFG for instance, and is a member of FIR.