UK product directors follow Woodford out of Invesco Perpetual

Two members of Neil Woodford's UK equity team at Invesco Perpetual are to leave the group to pursue other opportunities.

Mitchell Fraser-Jones and William Deer, both UK equity product directors, have handed in their resignations and will leave the company at an unspecified date. The departures come a month after Neil Woodford (pictured), head of UK equities at the group, announced he will be leaving to set up his own fund management company in April. Fraser-Jones joined the company in 2002 as a senior marketing specialist, while Deer joined in 2006. "On behalf of the Invesco Perpetual team, I would like to thank them both for the tremendous work they have done,' said Nick Mustoe, Invesco Perpetual CI...