LFIS Capital is a quantitative asset manager with strong financial engineering and derivatives expertise. The company was established in 2013 and headquartered in Paris, with a sales representation in Canada, Montreal. It is an affiliate of Walter Global Asset Management.
Macro trends may be increasingly difficult to predict, but perennial opportunities are created by dislocations and discrepancies between related assets and instruments. With a combination of quantitative asset management capabilities, investment banking expertise and a complete capital markets platform, LFIS offers investors differentiated strategies which seek to capture opportunities across the full investment scope and extract value wherever it lies.
LFIS brings together financial engineering experience and advanced derivatives capabilities.
LFIS’ approach combines data and technology with financial and behavioral theory to screen a broad range of asset classes and instruments, identify opportunities and implement a disciplined investment process.
A deep understanding of underlying risks is at the core of every step of our investment process.
Our founding partners and employees are also owners of LFIS, fostering a strong alignment of interests with those of our clients.
Sofiene Haj-Taïeb
President
Arnaud Sarfati
CEO and Head of Risk & Engineering
Guillaume Dupin
Head of Absolute Return Strategies
Eric Le Brusq
Head of Structured Investment Solutions business
BNP Paribas for THEAM Quant fund strategies & LFIS Capital join forces to offer a multi-strategy innovation designed to deliver absolute returns.
LFIS becomes a Core Supporter of the SBAI
Walter Global Asset Management acquires a strategic stake in LFIS.
LFIS launches its first managed account in North America
LFIS named “Best Quant Manager” by Risk Magazine
LFIS and Quantitative Management Initiative (“QMI”) host the inaugural Quant Vision Summit, an international, research-focused event
LFIS announces a research partnership with QMI
LFIS awarded “Best Hedge Fund Group” by Hedge Funds Review
LFIS’ premia strategy named “Best Multi-Strategy Fund of the Year” at the Eurohedge awards
LFIS’ premia strategy reaches $1 billion
LFIS receives the “Best Credit Strategy of the Year” award at the Eurohedge awards
LFIS is founded within the La Française Groupe