Reporting to Richard Buxton, Ian will lead the development and launch of a new European Smaller Companies Fund (subject to regulatory approval), details to be confirmed later in Q4 2014.
Ian joins Old Mutual Global Investors’ highly regarded UK and European Equities Team, which includes the specialist European large cap equities capabilities of Kevin Lilley and UK Small and Mid-Cap equity skills of Dan Nickols, Luke Kerr and Richard Watts. This 16 strong team manages over £4.8 billion* of assets under management for global clients.
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Richard Buxton, Head of UK Equities at Old Mutual Global Investors, comments: "I am delighted that Ian has agreed to join us. I believe that his appointment is good news for our clients and for our own team. Ian brings a wealth of industry knowledge having spent over 20 years investing in UK and European markets. His experience and skills will greatly complement those which we currently have in my team."
Old Mutual Global Investors has been transformed since its launch two years ago and is now recognised as a modern asset management business, focussed on generating positive customer outcomes, strong sales and sustainable profits for Old Mutual Wealth. Old Mutual Global Investors is building a strong UK presence to achieve a top 5 position in the market. Its strategy is also to expand into selected markets to support its global client base, through asset management and distribution capabilities based in chosen international markets.
Old Mutual Global Investors is an investment focused business which strives to provide the very best investment talent and performance to clients. The business plans to grow its market share through investing in existing core investment skills and expanding capabilities where they are complementary to the business’s culture and focus.
Julian Ide concludes: "I think that Ian’s appointment will be very exciting for our clients. From the outset, we have retained and attracted the best investment talent offering: compelling and reputable investment processes and track records; ‘star’ quality; strong cultural fit within the business and incremental distribution benefits. The appointment of Richard Buxton and his team in June 2013, as well as the recent hiring of Joshua Crabb, Kris Whitlock and Dmitry Lapidus demonstrates our delivery against its ambitious plans."
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By GlobalDataIan joins OMGI from Ignis Asset Management where he has spent seven years working as a European Equities Portfolio Manager.
Ian started his investment management career at Asahi Life Investment Europe as an Investment Manager in the UK and European Equity Team in 1994, and became Head of European Equities in 1998.
In 2000, Ian joined Singer & Friedlander Investment Management as a European Investment Manager with specific responsibility for Pan-European institutional mandates and the European element of global, international private client and pension funds.
In 2004, he was appointed Head of the European Equity Team and Lead Manager of the Singer & Friedlander European Growth and the Corluy -Singer Pan-European Large Caps Funds.
