Investec adds to currency team

Richard Benson has joined Investec Asset Management as a portfolio manager in its specialist currenc...

Richard Benson has joined Investec Asset Management as a portfolio manager in its specialist currency management team. Reporting directly to Thanos Papasavvas, head of currency management, he will have input on the group’s offshore Global Managed Currency and Sterling Managed Currency funds, both co-managed by Tim O'Dell and Paul Carr. Benson joins Investec from Fisher Francis Trees and Watts (FFTW) where he was a currency portfolio manager, responsible for the development of medium term fundamental and thematic views. He joined FFTW as an analyst in 2002, prior to which he served as a...