10/07/2014
Charles Firmit Didot takes over as director of RMA AM
p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Charles Firmin Didot has been appointed as CEO of RMA Asset Management, the French portfolio management firm formerly known as FinanceCom Asset Management, announced on 9 July. Didot joined RMA AM in May 2014 “to create a new range of ‘entrepeneur’ funds to be offered to a wider range of clients,” a statement says. Didot has 26 years’ experience in the asset management sector. After spending 12 years at JP Morgan as a fund manager and merger and acquisition adviser, in 2000 he acquired his own asset management firm, Sophia Asset Management, which manages the private fund Sophia Global Investments. In 2001, he founded and managed the Talents fund at DNCA (international equities), with an approach focused on entrepreneurs. In 2003, he joined AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) as an independent manager. He transferred the Talents fund there, and also founded Talents Brick. In August 2012, he left AXA IM to dedicate himself to the management of the Sophia Global Investments fund. In his new role as CEO, Didot will develop three funds: RMA Entrepreneurs, an international equity fund, RMA Entrepeneurs Flexible, an international flexible fund, and lastly, RMA Entrepreneurs PME, a European small caps fund. “Charles Firmin Didot, via the Sophia fund, and RMA Capital have investted EUR30m in this range,” a statement says.
