Columbia Threadneedle appoints ex-Coutts manager for credit team

Trio of hires

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has hired Christopher Hult as portfolio manager in the investment grade team from Coutts.

Hult will manage the strategic and absolute return funds as well the active sterling, euro and global strategies. He spent seven years at Coutts between 2011 and 2018, most recently as a portfolio manager in the Coutts multi-asset team. Columbia Threadneedle's CEO, EMEA, Scrimgeour: Asset management industry is in the middle of a 'perfect storm' Also joining is Angelina Chueh as a client portfolio manager. She joins from Baring Asset Management, where she spent 17 years in a variety of roles in the fixed income team. Rosalie Pinkney joins as a senior financial credit analyst fro...