Threadneedle adds manager to UK Crescendo

Threadneedle has hired Chris Kinder from RWC Partners to its UK equity team.

Kinder he will work with Mark Westwood on the long/short Threadneedle UK Crescendo fund and high alpha long-only range. He has spent the last seven years working on both long-only and long/short equity products. Before joining RWC, he was a UK small and mid cap analyst at Govett Investments. He also spent fours years at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Threadneedle head of UK equities Leigh Harrison says: "Chris brings with him strong analytical skills and valuable shorting expertise and a high conviction approach gained working in the hedge fund space. "He will feed into the active debate ...