Who are we ?

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 high-yield bonds (classic and/or convertibles). 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.  

  • 900

    € million assets under management

  • 8

    funds

  • 13

    employees

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.

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 30 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.

Jean-Philippe Cerutti

Independent administrator

Jean-Philippe Cerutti Independent administrator

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

Independent administrator

Emmanuel Bégat Independent administrator

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.

Simon Roger

Portfolio Manager

Simon Roger Portfolio Manager

Simon Roger graduated 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 portfolio manager.

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.

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).

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.

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 joined Dynasty AM in January 2021.

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 Compliance & KYC officer.

Oleg Primachenko

AML/CTF Officer

Oleg Primachenko AML/CTF Officer

Oleg Primachenko graduated from EM Strasbourg Business School. He started his career in 2018 in Luxembourg Management Company’s industry.

After 3 years overseeing and strengthening processes on delegated activities at Novacap Asset Management, Oleg joined Dynasty AM in January 2022 as an AML/CFT Officer.

Mathis Becuwe

Sales Assistant

Mathis Becuwe Sales Assistant

Mathis is graduated from the IAE of Lille with a specialisation in finance, and he is currently studying in Master 1 within the quantitative finance track at SKEMA Business School. 

After an experience in corporate finance, he joined Dynasty AM in December 2022 as a sales assistant. This step allowed him to take a first step towards financial markets.