Marie Brière

Short Presentation

I am Head of the Investor Intelligence & Academic Partnerships at Amundi Investment Institute in Paris. In this role, I conduct research on portfolio choice, with a focus on sustainable finance, household finance, pensions and the impact of financial technology, to advise the strategic decisions of institutional investors and the design of investment solutions for individual investors.
I am the Chairman of the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (Inquire Europe), Scientific Director of the FaIR program at Institut Louis Bachelier and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the European Savings Observatory, a member of the expert group advising the ESMA Risk Standing Committee and a member of several scientific councils, such as the French supervisory authority ACPR and the European Capital Market Institute of CEPS. I am also also a senior associate researcher with Université Libre de Bruxelles and Paris Dauphine PSL University and serve as Editorial Board member of the Financial Analyst Journal.
My scientifc articles have been published in academic journals and featured in several news outlets including the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. I hold a PhD in Economics from the University Paris X and graduated from ENSAE.

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Research

Research Interests

Household finance, pension
Sustainable finance
Impact of financial technology, robo advice
Long-Term investing, institutional investors

Academic Affiliations

Center Emile Bernheim, Solvay Business School, Université Libre de Bruxelles
DRM, Paris Dauphine PSL University

Other Academic Activities

Chairman of Inquire Europe
Scientific Director of the FaIR (Finance and Insurance Reloaded) Program at Institut Louis Bachelier
Chairman of the Scientific Committee, Observatoire de l'Epargne Europenne
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Financial Risks International Forum
Member of the Consultative Working Group (CWG) of ESMA Risk Standing Committee
Member of the Scientific Committee of ACPR
Member of the Academic Committee of the European Capital Market Institute, Center for Economic Policy Studies (CEPS)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Financial Analyst Journal
Louis Bachelier Fellow and Member of the Scientific Board, Institut Louis Bachelier
Member of the Advisory Group for CAC Family Indices, Euronext

Award

Inquire Europe (2022) prize for the Best Paper presented at the conference: "Green Sentiment, Stock Returns and Firm Behavior", coauthored with S. Ramelli
Markowitz Award (2015) for the Best Paper Published in the Journal of Investment Management: "Sovereign Wealth and Risk Management: A Framework for Optimal Asset Allocation of Sovereign Wealth", coauthored with Z. Bodie JOIM

Pensions&Investments

Best PhD dissertation in finance (2003) from the French Association of PhD in Economics (ANDESE)