Eric Michelet

GEFIP is an active, GARP-oriented investment manager which focuses on Western Europe and emphasizes flexibility and technical innovation. They invest globally in equity, fixed-income, third-party funds and money-market instruments. Their investment approach is quantitative and based on optimization by expert systems. In addition, they have developed proprietary databases and models for the management, testing and evaluation of quantitative portfolios. The firm's investment process starts with a global macro-economic view and the elaboration of a probable scenario resulting in asset allocation across market segments and market caps. Securities are then ranked according to their relative market price and growth potential. They do not apply any currency limitations when constructing portfolios and aim to maximize risk diversification. Portfolio managers have discretion over stock selection and conduct company visits.

BNP Paribas Capital Partners invests across sectors in early-stage unlisted high-tech firms which have high growth potential, innovative products and/or unique solutions and which are led by seasoned management teams. The firm takes minority positions in unlisted small- to medium-sized innovative firms primarily in France.

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University

ADIA-IM’s investment departments are responsible for building and managing investment portfolios within the parameters set for them through the asset allocation process. These departments, which invest across multiple asset classes and geographies, have discretion over the origination and recommendation of investment proposals. The firm’s strategy and planning activities work in tandem, aligning organizational priorities with investment objectives through the ADIA Wide-Planning (AWP) process. The Strategy & Planning Department (SPD) plays a central role in ADIA-IM’s investment process, with responsibility for developing, maintaining and periodically reviewing ADIA’s Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) across more than two dozen asset classes and sub-categories.

ADIA is responsible for investing in private equity globally through externally managed funds and through investments in private companies, typically alongside their external partners. The firm’s primary fund investment activities are broadly organized geographically across North America, Europe and emerging markets with strategies such as venture capital, private credit and distressed credit invest with a global mandate. ADIA’s secondary and principal investing activities operates worldwide on a global platform with portfolios that is diversified by geography, industry, stage, size and timeframe.