Morley Fund Management (‘Morley’), one of the UK’s largest fund managers, has appointed Julian Taylor as an assistant fund manager in its property team.
Morley Fund Management (‘Morley’), one of the UK’s largest fund managers, has appointed Julian Taylor as an assistant fund manager in its property team. Julian joins on 18 October and will report to Ben Stirling, fund manager - European Property.
Julian joins from Heitman International where he was a vice president in the European Acquisition team since 1999, being involved in over €700 million of property transactions. His main focus was Central Europe, however he also operated in the French, German, Italian and Spanish markets.
Prior to this he was an associate director in the Central London Investment Team at Weatherall Green and Smith after training at Jones Lang Wootton.
At Morley, Julian will work alongside Ben Stirling who was last month appointed to head up Morley’s move into continental European property. They are charged with rolling out Morley’s successful UK property fund management business into continental Europe, by teaming up with suitable asset management partners across the continent.
In addition to his European responsibilities Julian will be assistant fund manager for the Global Switch Limited Partnership, a fund established by Morley in March 2004 that owns a pan-European portfolio of data centre properties.
Commenting on the appointment Ben Stirling, fund manager – European Property at Morley Fund Management, said: "I’m delighted to welcome Julian to the team. His experience of transacting in several European markets will be a great asset as we expand our business into Europe."
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Notes to Editors
Morley Fund Management
- Morley Fund Management (‘Morley’) is an independently managed, London based, asset management business with over Ł114 billion* under management (as at 30.06.04). It actively manages a diverse range of asset classes and employs in the region of 900 staff worldwide based in London, Singapore and an associate office in Boston**.
- Morley is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aviva group and manages both institutional and retail funds under the Morley brand. It also acts as investment manager for a range of retail investment funds, marketed in the UK by Norwich Union, and international funds marketed under the Aviva Funds brand.
*Not including mortgage assets
**Morley Fund Management International Limited, an Aviva company
Morley Property
- The property team at Morley manages in excess of Ł12 billion of UK property assets (as at 30.06.04), making Morley one of the largest property fund managers in the UK. Winners of the high profile Property Week Fund Manager of the Year Award 2004, the team consists of 50 investment professionals and manages a range of funds, including segregated and pooled pensions as well as 2 retail unit trusts. The funds range across standard and non standard property investments and include, amongst others, a regeneration fund and a PFI fund. Morley has been at the forefront of innovation in property fund management and has launched 10 specialist sector based funds with partners, including the following Jersey-based Unit Trusts: Ashtenne Industrial Fund, Quercus Healthcare Property, The Junction and The Mall
Awards
- Property Week Awards 2004 – Best Property Fund Manager
- Pensions Management Provider Awards 2003 – Best Property Fund Manager
- Fund Manager of the Year - Pensions Week Awards 2002
- Specialist Manager of the Year - UK Pensions Awards 2002
- Insurance Fund Manager of the Year (awarded to Norwich Union) - Standard and Poor’s 2002
- Sustainable and Ethical Investment and Asset Management Award - Liveable City Awards 2002
Further information about Morley Fund Management can be found at www.morleyfm.com
Contact us at Morley Fund Management, No 1 Poultry, London EC2R 8EJ.