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Laurent Clavel

Laurent Clavel

CIO Multi-Asset

Bio

Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Global Head of Multi-Asset.

Laurent is CIO and Global Head of Multi-Asset at BNP Paribas Asset Management.

Laurent has joined BNP Paribas Asset Management following the acquisition of AXA IM in 2025. He’s responsible for all activities related to the management and performance of diversified portfolios invested in a discretionary manner across multiple asset classes (equities, bonds, cash, etc.) in order to optimise the return/risk profile.

He joined AXA IM in 2015 as International Economist, before becoming Head of Macroeconomic Research then, Head of the Quant Lab, focusing on quantitative research and became, in 2022, Global Head of Multi-Asset, AXA IM Core.

He had previously been working at the French Ministry of Finance (INSEE, Treasury, Budget) for ten years.

Laurent graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and holds an MSc. in Economics from the Paris School of Economics, Statistics and Finance.

Laurent is based in Paris.

Articles from Laurent Clavel

Portfolio perspectives

Multi-Asset Investment Views Quarterly Update – July 2026

Global equities have experienced a period of volatility but corporate earnings have continued to demonstrate strength. Watch Laurent Clavel…

By Laurent Clavel

16/07/26

Fields agriculture

Portfolio perspectives

Multi-Asset Investments Views: From extreme caution to upside chasing

By Laurent Clavel, Global Head of Multi-Asset, AXA IM Core – part of BNP Paribas Asset Management On 17 April,…

By Laurent Clavel

02/06/26

Fields agriculture

Portfolio perspectives

Multi-Asset Views: Potential opportunities through diversification

Laurent Clavel discusses the effects of current geopolitical volatility on markets and how diversifying across asset classes could offer investors…

By Laurent Clavel

24/04/26

Portfolio perspectives

Managing multi-asset portfolios amid the volatility

The Middle East conflict and the resulting oil price surge have left the global economy – and investors – on…

By Laurent Clavel & other authors

26/03/26

Fields agriculture

Portfolio perspectives

Multi-Asset Views – It’s a wild world (but a wide world)

By Laurent Clavel, Global Head of Multi-Asset, AXA IM Core, part of BNP Paribas AM These are the core investment…

By Laurent Clavel

27/02/26

Portfolio perspectives

Multi-Asset Views – Eurozone equities have "more short-term potential"

Diversified multi-asset portfolios look set for attractive returns in 2026. The US continues to benefit from a balanced ‘Goldilocks’ economy…

By Laurent Clavel

22/01/26