OBSR appoints new head of research

Old Broad Street Research has appointed Ruli Viljoen as head of investment research.

Ruli Viljoen takes over from Nick Whalley, who is leaving OBSR to pursue interests outside of the investment research and consultancy industry.

OBSR has also hired Emma O'Neill as an investment research analyst. O'Neill previously worked for AIB Investment Managers where she was a multimanager fund analyst, and brings the number of dedicated analysts at OBSR to 15.

"Ruli heads an investment research team unrivalled in experience in the industry and their level of knowledge enables OBSR to maintain the highest level of qualitative investment analysis, backed up by quantitative information, which the intermediary industry demands," research director Richard Romer-Lee says.