La Française boosts business development team in Germany
La Française, international asset management group with €55 billion in assets under management (as at 31 December 2021) and offices across Europe and in South Korea, is pleased to announce the addition of Simon GUELKE, Sales Director, to the German business development team.
Simon GUELKE will be responsible for investor relations with network banks and further expanding La Française's financial assets investment expertise across the German market. Simon will report to Kay SCHERF, Managing Direction of Sales and Marketing of La Française Systematic Asset Management.
Simon GUELKE has 27 years of experience beginning in 1995 as a private banker with Dresdner Bank (Commerzbank). After a series of promotions, he was appointed Branch Office Head in 2008. After two years, Simon returned to Commerzbank´s regional headquarters in Hanover and was named Head of Securities Advisory Services. Later, he was appointed Allianz Global Investors fund specialist, responsible for advising sixty regional Commerzbank branch banks on Allianz Global Investors products (all asset classes). In 2016, Simon joined a family-owned private bank, Bankhaus Metzler, as an Advisor and developed an investment platform dedicated to brokers and asset management firms. Prior to joining La Française Systematic Asset management in Germany, Simon was a Business Development Manager, covering Northern and Western Germany for Degroof Petercam AM.
Kay SCHERF said, “Simon is a great addition to our team. His extensive experience as a Financial Advisor to retail and wholesale client segments makes him a great asset. His relationship skills and knowledge of banking institutions and their functioning are critical to our development strategy for Germany.”
Disclaimer
Issued by La Française AM Finance Services, an affiliate of La Française, with its head office located at 128 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris, France. Licensed by the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) as an investment services provider under number 18673 X. Website information for the regulatory authorities: Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) www.acpr.banque-france.fr, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) www.amf-france.org
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La Française manages over 55 billion euros in assets and has operations in Paris, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan and Seoul. (31/12/2021)
La Française is a subsidiary of Caisse Régionale de Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe (CMNE), a member company of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale. Groupe Crédit Mutuel has A, stable / A-1 S&P long and short-term ratings (June 2021).
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La Française, pôle de gestion d’actifs de la première banque à mission, le Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, propose des stratégies de conviction sur toutes les classes d’actifs conciliant objectifs de performance et de durabilité. En tant qu’asset manager multi‑spécialiste, ses équipes se focalisent sur leur cœur d’expertise, en intégrant une dimension ESG avancée dans les processus d’analyse et d’investissement. La Française couvre les marchés cotés et non cotés, dont l’immobilier. Avec plus de 160 milliards d’euros d’actifs sous gestion*, 1 000 collaborateurs et une présence dans 10 pays, La Française conçoit des solutions d’investissement innovantes, adaptées aux objectifs et horizons de placement de ses clients.
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