Henderson boosts multi-asset team with director hire

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Henderson Global Investors has hired a multi-asset director to expand its retail and institutional business.

John Harrison will fill the newly-appointed role, where will be responsible for representing the multi-asset team in the retail and institutional channels.

Previously, he worked for pension fund adviser AllenbridgeEpic, where he advised four local government pension schemes. Prior to this, he was the UK chief investment officer and head of UK institutional advisory solutions for UBS.

The firm's head of UK retail Simon Hillenbrand had signalled that an expanded multi-asset strategy would fill the gap left by the end of Henderson's role in the Cirilium joint venture was bought out by Old Mutual.

Multi-asset co-head Bill McQuaker (pictured) said today: "John’s blend of investment and client management skills is a great addition to the team.

"Most recently John’s experience has been in managing clients relationships in the multi-asset and advisory market. In addition to the wealth of investment experience he has built during his career, this will be of enormous benefit to us.”

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