Simon Aninat
head of volatility & overlay, Ostrum AM
Simon Aninat is head of volatility & overlay in the quantitative portfolio management team at Ostrum AM, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers. He joined the group in 2011 as portfolio manager and created various volatility strategies and bespoke protection overlay strategies. Before that, he worked for 4 years in the Equity Derivatives Group at J.P. Morgan, first in London and then in Tokyo, where he was a Volatility Trader on Nikkei and Topix. He has a deep experience in derivatives on Equities, FX, Rates and Credit, that he has gained with his different roles at Murex, Société Générale, J.P. Morgan and Natixis.
Simon is a graduate of ENSIMAG and holds a Masters degree in applied mathematics and computer sciences.