Smith takes charge of equities team at M&G

Aled smith to replace Greg kerr as head of group's global specialist equity team and take over as lead manager on the global leaders fund

M&G Specialist Media & Telecoms fund manager Aled Smith has been appointed head of the firm's global specialist equity team, replacing Greg Kerr. Specialist financial sector manager, David Jane, former manager of Global Leaders, said Kerr will continue in his role as specialist tech fund manager in charge of the M&G Global Technology fund. 'We didn't want people to think Greg has been demoted because he clearly hasn't,' he said. 'He's still running the top-performing fund in his sector since launch and he wants to concentrate on that.' Kerr remains as the named manager for M&G Global...