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Editorial Staff

2 September 2021

Woodside Holdings
has appointed Abdelak Adjriou as manager of the Carmignac Portfolio Global Bond fund. This global fixed income fund invests in interest rates, credit and currency strategies across the globe and implements a conviction-driven approach in all market conditions.

Adjriou joined Carmignac in Paris yesterday.

Prior to this, Adjriou worked at American Century Investment, where he launched an emerging markets total return strategy and looked after forex overlays for the whole fixed income range ($800 million of assets under management). In 2018, he was also entrusted with the management of a $1.2 billion unconstrained bond fund mandate.

Previously, Adjriou started his career by joining IBM in the US in January 2001 working as a developer. In 2005, he joined HSBC Asset Management in Paris, first as a quantitative analyst in charge of hedging solutions. He then managed an absolute return fund in developed markets before moving to New York to manage a total return emerging market fund. Adjriou holds a master’s degree in stochastic calculus from Jussieu Paris VII and a master’s degree in computer science from ESSI (ENSI Group).