Dynasty AM - Dynasty AM

Company description

Dynasty AM S.A. is an asset management company based in Luxembourg (UCITS, AIF and Tailor Made Mandates), registered with the CSSF and founded by experienced credit professionals. The company is fully independent from any financial institutions and entirely owned by its founding partners, allowing Dynasty AM to manage its clients’ assets with objectivity and sincerity. Dynasty A.M. provides its clients (institutional investors, private investors and family offices) with advice, mutual fund management and dedicated mandates in corporate and convertible bonds. Our interests are fully in line with our clients and our investment policy is the result of strong and effective teamwork, facilitated by the constant sharing of ideas.

The team

Philippe Halb

CEO - Co-founder

Philippe Halb CEO - Co-founder

Graduating from Sciences Eco (Nancy) and Science Po Paris, Philippe Halb has more than 30 years of experience in global convertible bond markets. He began in 1988 at Société Générale in Paris where he set up a convertible bond team that he managed until the end of 2000. In 2001, he moved to Crédit Lyonnais in London where he was responsible for global convertible bond trading, sales and research. In 2004, Philippe became the Managing Director at HSBC London in charge of global convertible products. Moving back to Paris, he co-headed the management of collective investment schemes at Union Bancaire Privée in France for one year before joining SPGP in May 2009 to manage their convertible bonds and fixed income funds. In January 2014, Philippe founded Dynasty AM SA, an asset management company specialising in high-yield and convertible bonds.

Eric Bozetto

Director - Portfolio manager

Eric Bozetto Director - Portfolio manager

Graduating from Paris Dauphine University, Eric has spent the majority of his professional career based in London.
Starting at Société Générale in 1997, he spent the next 12 years working within different high profile banks such as Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers, quickly rising to become the director of convertible bond trading. He then worked as a proprietary trader at Nomura, before teaming up with Philippe Halb in September 2012 at SPGP. They worked together for several years, successfully managing high yield and convertible portfolios. In February 2014, Eric joined Dynasty AM as partner and fund manager.

Laurent Pluchard

Director - Development

Laurent Pluchard Director - Development

Graduating from ESCP Europe with a degree in finance, he also holds two masters in Mathematics and Statistics and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). Laurent has 25 years of experience working within financial markets. He started in 1994 at Credit Lyonnais in New York at the equity syndication desk before joining Exane Inc. in 1997 for the opening of convertible bond sales to American clients. After returning to Paris in 2000, Laurent continued to manage the sale of convertible bonds to European institutional investors for Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and then Société Générale up until 2009. Laurent then joined Philippe Halb selling fixed income funds for SPGP and then joined Dynasty AM as a partner and Head of Sales in February 2014. He is currently CEO of Dynasty AM, in charge of Compliance, Risk and Commercial functions.

Jean-Philippe Cerutti

Director

Jean-Philippe Cerutti Director

Graduating from ESSEC, Jean Philippe Cerruti has nearly 25 years experience in financial markets. He began his career in 1991 with Société Générale Equity Derivatives in Paris where he became head of Proprietary Trading and technical research. He then turns to asset management, becoming hedge fund manager for Credit Suisse in London and for Royal Bank of Canada in Geneva, where his management was awarded. He then directed MIF Family Office investments in Geneva for 4 years. Since 2013, Jean Philippe is an independent advisor in strategic asset allocation and wealth management. He joined Dynasty AM as an independent director in January 2015.

Emmanuel Bégat

Conducting Person

Emmanuel Bégat Conducting Person

Emmanuel Bégat graduated from Lyon Management School in 1991. he has been Country Manager France for Superfund, building French operations from scratch. He has gained significant experience in asset management, central administration and compliance in his positions as Managing Director of Superfund Luxembourg, as Head of Corporate Banking of Banque Colbert in Luxembourg and as Investment Funds Lead Manager at KMPG Luxembourg. He is a Partner in FundGlobam, a cross-border fund distribution specialist, Head of Marketing & Communication of ME Business Solutions since 2013, and has been Managing Partner of Ebsylon, a marketing and communication advisory company to financial institutions. Mr. Bégat is also Chairman of the Professional Training Committee of ALFI. Emmanuel Bégat is an independent conducting person for Dynasty AM since January 2014. Emmanuel is partner and Head of Operations of MEBS.

Hervé Burger

Manager

Hervé Burger Manager

Graduate from Strasburg University (Master in Economy and in Econometric) and from the French Institute of Actuaries (CEA), Hervé Burger has more than 30 years’ experience in the selection of funds and the management of bond and monetary funds. He began his career as bond and monetary UCITS manager at the finance departement of Banque Paribas in 1984. Then, he exercised asset management responsibilities at Finacor brokerage firm and then at Notz Stucki group.
Hervé joined DYNASTY AM in November 2016 where he is specifically in charge of the selection of funds and the management of Alternative Investment Funds (AIF).

Henri Rayot

Sales - Europe

Henri Rayot Sales - Europe

Graduating from ESC Rouen Business School, Henri started his professional career in 2008 at Oddo Securities in the Equity Sales team dedicated to France-Benelux. In 2009, he joined Crédit Agricole CIB in Frankfurt/Main as a junior LBO analyst. In 2010, he became part of their Credit Sales team covering German speaking institutions. Back in Paris in 2012, Henri joined the asset management company SPGP where he distributed Equity and Fixed-Income products to European institutional investors (Switzerland, Benelux and France). He joined Dynasty AM in February 2014 as Institutional Sales. Henri speaks French, English and German fluently.

Simon Roger

Portfolio Manager

Simon Roger Portfolio Manager

Simon Roger is a student from IÉSEG School of Management . With a first experience at Natixis Wealth Management, and after having assisted in the development of the SRI offering at BRED Banque Populaire Group (Promepar AM), Simon joined Dynasty AM in February 2018 as part of his gap year.

Camille Basly

Head of Middle Office

Camille Basly Head of Middle Office

Camille is graduated from SKEMA Business School. After 4 years at SGCIB in operational functions, she joined KBL Richelieu Gestion in 2015 as Middle Officer. In early 2017, she became Head of Middle Office at Quilvest Asset Management in Luxembourg. In June 2018, Camille joined the Dynasty AM team.

Florian Hemedinger

Assistant Sales

Florian Hemedinger Assistant Sales

Florian Hemedinger is a student at Skema Business School. He joined Dynasty AM on January 2021 as part of his gap year. Florian completes the sales and development team as Junior Sales.

Xavier Morin

Head of Risk

Xavier Morin Head of Risk

Xavier Morin has Master of Engineering degree from Supélec, is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Financial Risk Manager — Certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals. He has 13 years of experience in risk management for financial institutions. Xavier started his career in 2006 in the Risk Department of Société Générale before joining the Inspection of the bank one year later and then its insurance subsidiary, Sogécap. In 2012, Xavier joined AXA in Dublin as Actuary for one of the group’s subsidiaries. In 2015, he joined Aon Global Risk Consulting as Senior Consultant in charge of the implementation of Solvency II for over 50 captive insurance companies. He then joined AlphaOmega in 2017 as Partner – Head of Risk. He joined Dynasty AM as Head of Risk in 2019 via a contract delegating the risk control function to his company Alpha Oméga, under the supervision of Laurent Pluchard.

Frédéric Ronchi

Sales - Europe

Frédéric Ronchi Sales - Europe

Frédéric Ronchi has begun his career in 1993 at LA MONDIALE DE LA GESTION as salesman to institutional investors .In 1997, he decided to sell several funds from different ManCo in order to keep up with increasingly regulated expectations from his customers. He selects and sales UCITS from different management company and since 2007 for the convertible funds managed by Philippe HALB and his team. Indeed, Frédéric is associated with Dynasty AM through a placement contract with its company Financial Consulting for Investment (ANACOFI-CIF : e0044283 , n°SIREN 528967953).

Kris Deblander

Sales Consultant

Kris Deblander Sales Consultant

Prior to joining Dynasty AM S.A., Kris was the head of the convertible teams at Fortis Investment Management and then at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, which he joined in 2008 and where he became CIO Corporate Debt in 2012 and CIO Equities and Corporate Debt in 2017. In July 2020, he joined the Dynasty AM S.A. team under a consulting and investment contract through his company Oxygen Investment Partners (registration no. 20003081).

Lina Goffin

Compliance

Lina Goffin Compliance

After graduating with an LL.M.Eur. Degree from Europa-Institute in Germany with specialization in European Economic Law and Foreign Trade, Lina launched her professional career as a Compliance and MLRO Officer for various financial service companies’ in Luxembourg.

Lina is an active member of ACFE (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners) and ACAMS (Association of Anti Money-Laundering Specialist) and has acquired previously a Bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Marketing.

Lina has more than 15 years of professional experience.

Andreina Fiorito

Chief Compliance Officer

Andreina Fiorito Chief Compliance Officer

Andreina Fiorito studied at the University of Lorraine and pursued her career at CACEIS Bank Luxembourg within the Business Engineering Service. In 2013, she was hired by Credit Suisse Luxembourg as a Formalities (KYC) Officer and joined the ME Business Solutions team a year later, specializing in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. As such, she was also in charge of the analysis of investment fund performances and the development of summary reports. In February 2016, she joined Dynasty AM as a Chief Compliance officer.

Mehdi Kourichi

Sales Consultant France

Mehdi Kourichi Sales Consultant France

Graduated from ISG Paris, Mehdi has had commercial positions within several financial institutions in Paris and Geneva. He started selling financial products for Varenne Capital Partners in 2014, he developed the client base of Wealth Management Advisors in Western France. These prerogatives continued at Cholet Dupont AM and were extended to the whole of France. In November 2018, he joined Julius Baer’s Advisory Desk to advise a clientele of qualified investors on the management of their portfolios. In September 2020, Mehdi joined Dynasty AM.

Anne Stenger

Director

Anne Stenger Director

A graduate of the IUP Financial Sciences of Nancy 2, Anne began her career in Luxembourg in 2005. She joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor specialized in investment funds.
From 2013 to 2019, she worked for Fundrock Management Company, where she specialized in Risk & Fund Compliance, regulatory reporting, but also in the management of fund projects such as the creation of UCITS and AIFs funds and system migrations.
Approved in 2019 as Conducting Officer for Novacap, a company in the midst of restructuring, Anne will manage the Risk Management and Fund Services operational activity during the entire process of takeover by the Davy Group.
After the completion of this migration she will join Dynasty AM in January 2021.

Fabien Nallbani

Middle-office intern

Fabien Nallbani Middle-office intern

After graduating from Sciences Eco in Nancy, Fabien went on to complete a Master’s degree in Finance at the University of Paris Nanterre. As a Master 2 Asset Management student, he joined Dynasty AM in January 2021 as part of his end-of-studies internship. Fabien joins the Middle team as a middle office trainee.

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