Bigeard will be in charge of developing and managing multi-asset mandates for French institutional clients. Before joining the firm, she was head of UCITS analysis and selection for the OFI Group.

A multi-manager investment professional for 25 years, Bigeard began her career in 1995 at the Banque du Louvre, first as a mutual fund analyst and then as head of external partnerships. In 2002, she joined the Societe Generale group in Luxembourg as a fund of funds manager. In 2004, she joined OFI Asset Management as a fund of funds manager and then as head of long-only multi-management. In 2017, she created and headed the UCI Selection team for the entire OFI Group.

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Funds platform will contribute … to sourcing niche investment opportunities, as we continue to democratise the access and deliver the benefits of alternatives to a much broader investor universe,” Syz said.

The group, based in Zurich, said Europe has proven attractive the last year for buying distressed portfolios in secondary strategies, where recent market volatility has increased mispricing. "The current economic environment will offer further such interesting and unique opportunities, which can hold significant value," the firm said.