Michael Soued is the Head of Global Aggregate and Multi Strategies Total Return at Ostrum Asset Management,. He earned a Master's Degree in Capital Markets & Corporate Finance from Paris Dauphine University and holds an AMF & CFA sustainable certification. Soued started his finance career in 1993 as a trader and moved into asset management in 1998. His career includes positions such as a currency option trader, fixed income arbitrage trader, and market-maker. He previously worked at SSGA for eleven years, where he was the Head of Fixed Income and Currency for SSGA France, overseeing assets up to €5 billion. Before joining Ostrum Asset Management in 2013, he led the aggregates activity at Oddo AM. He's also lecturer at University of Dauphine in finance for Masters.