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The objective of the Sub-fund is to deliver a positive absolute return in the form of capital growth over the medium to longer term in all market conditions. The Sub-fund is actively managed and aims to exceed the return on cash (€STR has been chosen as a proxy for the return on cash deposits) by five percent per annum, evaluated over rolling three year periods (before charges). It exploits market inefficiencies through active allocation to a diverse range of market positions. The Sub-fund uses a combination of traditional assets (such as equities and bonds) and investment strategies based on advanced derivative techniques, resulting in a diversified portfolio. The fund can take long and short positions in markets, securities and groups of securities through derivative contracts. Leverage in the fund arises as a result of the use of derivatives.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Katy Forbes | Investment Director | 2019 | Now |
Biography | Katy Forbes is an Investment Director in the Multi-Asset Investing team at Aberdeen Standard Investments. She is a member of the Strategic Investment Group and is a member of the GARS portfolio construction team. She joined the Government bond team in 2008 as a secondary manager on the inflation-linked bond funds and was appointed primary manager of UK inflation-linked funds in 2010. Katy joined Standard Life Investments in 2001 holding various roles on the Treasury team and as Asset and Liability Manager for Standard Life Bank. She holds a BSc (1st class honors) from the University of Edinburgh and is a CFA charterholder. | ||
Scott Smith | Investment Director | 2019 | Now |
Biography | Scott Smith is an Investment Director within Multi-Asset Fund Management at Aberdeen Standard Investments and is a member of the Strategic Investment Group and the GARS portfolio construction team. Scott is also responsible for ensuring that asset allocation views are expressed effectively and consistently across a range of internal and third party funds. Previous experience involved implementation and oversight of derivative-based absolute return strategies across the business. Scott joined Standard Life Investments in 2006 as a performance analyst, working on a broad range of funds covering fixed-interest, equities and property. In 2010 he moved to the Multi-Asset Investing Team. Scott graduated with an MA (Hons) in Economics with Business Economics from University of Glasgow. He also has an MPhil in International Finance and Economic Policy from the University of Glasgow and has the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and is a CFA Charterholder. | ||
Thomas Maxwell | Investment Director | 2019 | Now |
Biography | Thomas Maxwell is an Investment Director in the Multi-Asset Solutions team at Aberdeen Standard Investments. Thomas is a co-manager of both Global Focused Strategies and the Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies and is a member of the Strategic Investment Group. Prior to joining the Multi-Asset Solutions team in July 2018, Thomas was a portfolio manager within the Credit team for global credit funds, and he had research responsibilities for the financial sector. Thomas joined Standard Life Investments in 2010 as a credit analyst. Thomas graduated with a BA (Hons) from Manchester University, holds the Investment Management Certificate and is a CFA charter holder. | ||
Neil Richardson | Portfolio Manager | 2019 | Now |
Biography | Neil joined Standard Life Investments in October 2011, initially placed in the Credit team to gain experience of the asset class and our collaborative approach; he transitioned to the Multi Asset Investment Team in 2012. Neil is co-manager of Global Focused Strategies Fund and is a member of the GARS portfolio construction team and contributes to the asset allocation of other portfolios managed within the Multi-Asset Team. He also sits on the Strategic Investment Group. Before joining Standard Life Investments Neil was Head of UK Equities at Ignis, heading a 9-strong team managing £8bn. Prior to that he spent 4 years at Citi on the Pan European Equities sales desk, where he was responsible for a large number of accounts, with widely differing investment styles. At Threadneedle his strong fundamental analytical abilities were recognized with his promotion to Head of Pan European Research. His career encompasses over 20 years on the buy-side and four years on the sell-side, giving a broad and deep understanding of capital markets and the investment community. In total Neil has six years investment experience at Standard Life Investments with 33 years’ industry experience. He holds a MA(Hons) Modern History and Politics from the University of Edinburgh. | ||
David Sol | Portfolio Manager | 2019 | 2020 |
Biography | David Sol has served as portfolio manager for Standard Life Investments since 2010. Prior to joining Standard Life, Mr. Sol had been a Partner for Ravenscourt Capital Partners since 2008. Mr. Sol has begun his business career since 2003. | ||
Roger Sadewsky | Portfolio Manager | 2017 | 2019 |
Biography | Roger is Head of Multi-Asset Investing Portfolio Management and a member of the Multi Asset Investing team, co-manager on the Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Fund and a portfolio manager on the Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund and Total Return Credit Fund. He is a senior member of the SIG (Strategic Investment Group). He manages a team responsible for managing Absolute Return, Targeted return, Balanced fund and Tactical asset mandates. Prior to that he was a portfolio manager in the credit team managing corporate bond portfolios and aggregate bond portfolios for Standard Life group and external clients. He has always taken a great interest and provided research input into Macro Credit being responsible for much of the allocation of credit to the above funds. His background is in macro fixed income, having begun his career in rates, then specializing in credit and credit derivatives. Previous experience was gained in Rates and Credit at Deutsche Bank, and then at JPMorgan being responsible for distributing credit product (cash and derivative) to UK asset managers. Whilst working within the credit team for eight years, Roger was responsible for developing our macro expertise within the team by working very closely with Credit, Rates and Multi-Asset teams. He has 13 years investment experience at Standard Life Investments with 33 years’ experience in the industry. He holds a BA (Hons) in Politics, University of York, an MBA, Cranfield School of Management, and the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). | ||
Aymeric Forest | Lead Portfolio Manager | 2019 | 2019 |
Biography | Aymeric Forest is Head of Global Income, Multi-Asset at Schroders, responsible for Multi Asset Income and Flexible mandates, a member of the Global Asset Allocation Committee and lead manager of Schroder ISF Global Multi Asset Income and Schroder ISF Emerging Multi Asset Income. He joined Schroders in 2011 and is based in London. Aymeric was the Global Head of Investment Solutions at BBVA in Madrid from 2009 to 2011, responsible for all Multi Asset investment solutions. He was a Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Tactical Asset Allocation Research at ABN AMRO Asset Management in London from 2002 to 2009, with responsibility for Multi Asset portfolios. He was the Head of Tactical Asset Allocation Quantitative Strategies at ABN AMRO Asset Management in London (merged with Fortis IM and then BNPP IP) from 2002 to 2009, where he was dedicated to absolute return strategies. He was an Institutional Portfolio Manager at Dexia Asset Management in Paris and Luxembourg from 1999 to 2002, With responsibility for Multi Asset portfolios. Qualifications: CFA Charterholder; Post graduate (DESS) in Finance from Nancy 2 (France); Masters in Finance from Nancy 2 (France), Giessen (Germany) and Lund. | ||
Guy Stern | Head | 2011 | 2019 |
Biography | Guy is responsible for overseeing the asset allocation of assets in Standard Life Investments multi-asset portfolios, and overall management of the MAI Team. He is Chairman of the Strategic Investment Group. Guy started his investment career with Jefferies and Co and Smith Barney in New York in 1983. He furthered his career in both the United States and Germany before joining Credit Suisse Asset Management as CIO, Multi-Asset Class Solutions in 2002. He joined Standard Life Investments as Head of Multi-Asset Management in April 2008. Guy now has a total of ten years investment experience at Standard Life Investments with 34 years’ experience in the industry. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder He holds a BA in Economics & Communications from Rutgers University, New Jersey. | ||
Euan Munro | CEO | 2011 | 2013 |
Biography | Euan Munro is Newton’s CEO and chair of the executive management committee. Euan is a seasoned investment management executive with a background in macro investing. He arrives from Aviva Investors where he was chief executive officer and a member of the Aviva plc group executive team for seven years. Prior to this, Euan spent nearly 20 years at Standard Life Investments (SLI) where he was head of multi-asset and fixed-interest investing and was latterly a member of that company’s board. He joined SLI as an inflation-linked portfolio manager from Scottish Provident in 1995. Euan has a first class honours degree in Physics from the University of Edinburgh and is a Fellow of the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School, Philadelphia. |
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