Jean-François Giroux

Jean-François Giroux holds the position of Portfolio Manager & Head of LDI Canada at Manulife Investment Management Ltd.
He leads the investment decision-making and portfolio construction process, collaborates with financial engineering and quantitative research professionals on investment ideas and research, and works jointly with investment strategists to elaborate solutions for our clients and prospects.
In addition, he is also part of the portfolio management team responsible for the development and management of a suite of active fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Mr. Giroux joined the firm when Standard Life's Canadian operations were acquired by Manulife in January 2015.
He joined the quantitative management team in 2008 as a derivatives trader, became head of trading for fixed income and derivatives in 2014, became a portfolio manager in 2015, and was then named portfolio manager, head of LDI, Canada, in 2019.
Prior to Standard Life, he spent four years at Caisse centrale Desjardins, where he worked as a derivatives market maker and trader; prior to that, he spent three years at Hydro-Quebéc in the energy trading unit.
Mr. Giroux received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from HEC Montréal.
He also holds the Financial Risk Manager and Chartered Financial Analyst designations.