Natixis Investment Managers (NIM) has appointed Christina Weiss to be its new head of liquidity solutions.
Weiss, who started in her new role at the beginning of the month, will work with corporate and institutional clients, along with banks, insurance companies, and fund of fund managers to provide tailored liquidity solutions. She will report to Patrick Sobotta, executive managing director for central and eastern Europe.
Sobotta said in a statement: “Preserving capital, optimising liquidity, and sensibly calibrating risk requires a careful and consistent investment process. Christina’s many years of industry experience in liquidity solutions and cash management will help us to successfully position the innovative money market fund solutions of our affiliate Ostrum AM. I am delighted that Christina Weiss is an experienced leader who will support the company in achieving its strategic goals in Central Europe and beyond.”
According to NIM, Weiss’s career includes positions at Amundi Asset Management, DWS Group and Deutsche Bank, where in recent years she has worked extensively on liquidity solutions and institutional sales with a strong focus on money market- and ultra short-term bond funds.
It is understood that Weiss, in her new role, will be based in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Writing on LinkedIn, Weiss said: “It’s time to say goodbye! Great teams are hard to find and even harder to leave. Working with all of you has been an unforgettable experience filled with laughter, learning, and inspiration. Thank you for being not just colleagues but an incredible team that felt like family. I’ll carry these memories with me always. Wishing you all the success and happiness in the world — this isn’t goodbye, just see you later! Onward to the next adventure!”
Weiss’s LinkedIn profile indicates that she had been at Amundi for around six years, beginning in August 2019 as its director of institutional sales for liquidity solutions. After three-and-a-half years in that position, she served as director of institutional sales from October 2022 until beginning her new role.
Prior to Amundi, Weiss spent a year and seven months at DWS Group, where she worked in liquidity management and institutional sales before shifting to become an investment specialist—a role that she held for a subsequent six months.
While all this has been going on, there are rumours and indications that NIM is about to sign an asset management deal with Italian insurer Generali. Sources have told Reuters that the two firms are to partner in a joint venture—with the initial agreement set to be signed by next Monday.
