Christophe Fritsch
Global Head of Alternative Credit, BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts
Member of Management Board of BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts
Christophe Fritsch is Global Head of Alternative Credit at BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts, the alternative investments platform of BNP Paribas Asset Management. BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts (“BNPP AM Alts”) is the largest alternatives asset manager in Europe and a global leader, with approximately €300 billion in assets under management across Real Estate, Infrastructure, Alternative Credit and Private Equity. BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts is the result of the combination of AXA IM Alts, BNP Paribas Private Markets and BNP Paribas REIM activities, following the acquisition of AXA IM by BNP Paribas in July 2025. Leveraging on AXA IM Alts 30+ year track record, BNPP AM Alts has built a reputation as a pioneering and innovative asset manager, combining an entrepreneurial investment culture with strategic discipline.
As Global Head of Alternative Credit, Christophe oversees the Portfolio Management of a performing and diversified range of alternative assets, covering the entire risk/return spectrum. This includes Leveraged Loans, Private Debt, CLOs, Asset-Backed Securities, Asset backed Lending, SRT & Specialty Finance, Insurance Linked Securities, whole loans, among others.
Before this role, Christophe was Head of Fund Management at AXA IM Alts’ Structured Finance Department. Christophe had been in this role since 2014. He was one of the founding members who contributed to the development of the Structured Finance platform (renamed Alternative Credit platform in 2022).
Christophe joined AXA IM in 2000 working in Actuarial and Financial Engineering. In 2003, he joined the Structured Finance division, undertaking various roles in structuring, portfolio management, development, and negotiation of structured products.
He graduated from ENSAE with a major in Stochastic Modelling, Statistics, Finance and Actuarial Science. He is a qualified actuary from IAF, the French Institute of Actuarial Science, and holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne.
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Source: BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts data (unaudited) as at 30 June 2025
AXA IM and BNPP AM are progressively merging
AXA IM and BNPP AM are progressively merging and streamlining our legal entities to create a unified structure
AXA Investment Managers joined BNP Paribas Group in July 2025. Following the merger of AXA Investment Managers Paris and BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Europe and their respective holding companies on December 31, 2025, the combined company now operates under the BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Europe name.