Apollo's Hughes exits for AJ Bell to head up fund selection

Spent three years at Apollo

AJ Bell Investments has appointed Ryan Hughes, multi-asset fund manager at Apollo, as head of fund selection.

Hughes (pictured) will join the team responsible for running AJ Bell's recently launched managed portfolio service for financial advisers. In addition, he will focus on expanding the investment solutions offered by AJ Bell Investments, the investment management business that was created earlier this year following the company's acquisitions of Indexx Markets and Mansard Capital. At Apollo, Hughes ran a range of multi-asset portfolios including the £28.1m Multi-Asset Balanced fund, the £31.4m Multi-Asset Cautious fund and the £7m Multi-Asset Adventurous fund alongside Steve Brann, Ian ...