Morley Fund Management (“Morley”) has added four high calibre recruits to its investment team in the areas of Fixed Income, Equities and Research.
Morley Fund Management (“Morley”) has added four high calibre recruits to its investment team in the areas of Fixed Income, Equities and Research.
Ceris Williams will be joining as Head of Sovereign Bonds in September. Previously Head of Fixed Income at Rothschild Asset Management Ltd, Ceris has over 15 years experience in the investment management industry and was rated no.1 as specialist fixed income manager in an industry survey of consultant opinion in 2001. He joins Morley to head up and build on our existing sovereign resource.
Camilla Reeves has joined as a Pan European Small Cap Fund Manager, from Lombard Odier where she was a key member of their European small and mid cap team for the last two and a half years. Camilla has 11 years of fund management experience, five specifically covering European small and mid caps. Reporting to Neil Hermon, Head of Small Caps, Camilla will be developing our expertise in European small and mid caps that we believe will provide significant growth in the future.
Paula Allen has been appointed as a Global Themes fund Manager, reporting to Michael Jennings, Head of Global Equities. She will take responsibility for a number of retail and institutional clients and joins from Deutsche Asset Management where she was an Investment Manager for North American Equities.
Hitesh Thakrar is joining as an Investment Analyst within the research team and joins us from DKW where he was global technology sector co-ordinator heading over 50 analysts. Hitesh starts in July.
These additions follow the recent appointment of Gavin Corr to spearhead Morley’s development of pan-European retail funds. Gavin joined from American Express Asset Management where the pan-European retail fund he managed enjoyed first- class performance and was AA rated by S&P. He will take over the running of European retail funds following the departure of Iain McNeill.
Gerry Holtham, Chief Investment Officer at Morley, commented: “This range of high calibre recruits further enhances our ability to deliver investment expertise and superior performance to a wide range of clients. I am excited about the growing capabilities at Morley and I look forward to further developments.”
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Morley Fund Management
- Morley Fund Management (‘Morley’) is an independently managed, London based, asset management business with over Ł107 billion under management. It has investment management operations in London, Tokyo and Singapore and an associate office in Boston*.
- Morley is a wholly owned subsidiary of the CGNU 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 under the Norwich Union brand.
- CGU plc and Norwich Union plc merged on 30 May 2000 to create CGNU plc, the UK’s largest insurance group and one of the top-five insurers in Europe with substantial positions in other markets around the world, making it the world’s seventh largest insurer based on gross worldwide premiums.
- *Norwich Union Investment Management, a CGNU Group company
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Morley Fund Management is a business name of Morley Fund Management Limited, registered in England No. 1151805 and Morley Investment Services Limited, registered in England No. 1973412. Both are members of the Norwich Union Marketing Group, members of which are regulated by the FSA for life assurance, pensions and investments. Morley Investment Services Limited is a member of the Investment Management Association. Registered Offices: No. 1 Poultry, London EC2R 8EJ. Both are CGNU Group companies. For institutional correspondence please contact us at Morley Fund Management, No. 1 Poultry, London EC2R 8EJ. For retail correspondence please contact us at Morley Fund Management, PO Box 6800, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4DQ.