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Global Credit Strategist Joins BNP Paribas Asset Management
Knud Noelle
3 June 2010
France’s BNP Paribas Investment Partners said that Martin Fridson is joining BNP Paribas Asset Management, its US-registered investment advisor, as global credit strategist within its global credit investment team. Fridson was latterly chief executive of Fridson Investment Advisors, a fundamental, research-driven US-registered investment advisory firm, BNP Paribas said. Fridson, who will be based in New York, has over 30 years of industry experience, and has also written several books on finance. The team Fridson joins comprises all 22 credit analysts of BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Led by Maryam Muessel, the former chief operating officer of Alternatives & Solutions at Fortis Investment Management – which was acquired by BNP Paribas Investment Partners – the global credit team forms part of the firm’s fixed income division.