Maïa Ferrand
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Maïa Ferrand

Co-Head of External Multi-Management

Maïa Ferrand has been co-leading the external multi-management team at Candriam since 2007. The Team’s flagship strategy has a track record dating from 2004, managing funds of funds and advising in the selection of hedge funds. In 2019, the Team launched Candriam’s first Impact Fund of Private Equity strategies.

Prior to joining Candriam in 2001, Maïa spent 15 years on the sell-side, trading derivatives and more specifically FX options, in Paris, London and New York. After time spent at Crédit Commercial de France and Crédit Agricole, she joined Lehman Brothers as a Managing Director in 1995, and two years later Crédit Lyonnais in New York, as the Global Head of currency options.  

Maïa holds a master's degree in econometrics from the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas and a degree in European fine arts from Christie’s Education in the United Kingdom.

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Research Paper, Maïa Ferrand, ESG, SRI

Investing in Natural Capital: Challenges and Opportunities

Defined as the “stock of renewable and non-renewable natural resources (e.g.,plants, animals, air, water, soils, minerals) that combine to yield a flow of benefits to people” by the Natural Capital Coalition, natural capital is at the source of everything that surrounds us.
Outlook 2023, Maïa Ferrand, Jean-Gabriel Nicolay

Multi-management: how can several voices sing in harmony?

In The Marriage of Figaro's Act III sextet, six voices reach harmony while singing their individual part. We find a parallel with the multi-manager’s mandate: aiming to select the best performers in each category, knowing each fund inside out including the conditions in which they may perform best, and building a unique portfolio seeking to deliver alpha in any given market regime.
Outlook 2023, Maïa Ferrand, Jean-Gabriel Nicolay

Impact: to create real and quantifiable impact, what else than investing with soul?

​What differentiates good music from excellent music? Maybe not the talent or the technique of each individual musician, but the soul that emanates from the ensemble. In our approach to impact investing, purpose and intention are primary. We invest with the aim to bring positive change in environmental and social areas. And we make sure our results are real.
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