BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Olivier Laplénie as Head of Quantitative Portfolio Management. Based in Paris, he will report to Denis Panel, Head of Multi-Asset, Quantitative & Solutions (MAQS).

BNPP AM is combining its two quantitative business lines under unified leadership in order to accelerate its growth in quantitative management and simplify its organisational structure. Alongside his current role Head of Quantitative Fixed Income, Laplénie has been appointed Head of Quantitative Portfolio Management, combining quantitative management across bonds and equities, with assets totalling more than €13 billion.