The Big Interview: Candriam's CIO Nicolas Forest on becoming the firm's strategy 'maestro'

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Michael Nelson
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“It is not easy to be successful just studying philosophy, so I turned to economics,” says Candriam CIO Nicolas Forest, speaking to Investment Week the morning after the company’s recent media seminar in Brussels, Belgium.

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