The new global head of Lyxor Asset Management, the exchange-traded fund platform owned by Societe Generale, has put the UK and Nordic countries at the centre of its growth plans for Europe with two new hires already this month.

Arnaud Llinas, who was appointed as global head of Lyxor ETFs and indexing in January, said yesterday that growing headcount in the UK and Nordic countries will be the priority for Lyxor as it looks to grow market share in Europe over the next year and overtake Deutsche Bank rival db-X trackers.