FN talks to Edouard Auché, the man responsible for the smooth running of Lyxor’s operations, which has 600 people across four ‘performance engines’ – alternative investments; ETFs and indexing; multi-asset investments and structured investments.

Edouard Auché's career at the €75bn alternatives asset manager Lyxor has given him an eagle-eyed perspective on how the front, middle and back-office operations should run. He spent 10 years trading derivatives and worked as a consultant before moving into IT, joining Lyxor in 2005, and after two years as head of IT became chief operating officer.