Fidelity International poaches abrdn sustainability fund manager

Julie-Ann Ashcroft

Fidelity International has appointed Julie-Ann Ashcroft portfolio manager for multi-asset on the solutions and multi-asset team.

She joins from abrdn, where she was head of sustainability and investments for the discretionary business. At abrdn, Ashcroft oversaw the creation of a sustainability framework for direct investing and fund-of-funds, in addition to managing a multi-asset investment team. Ashcroft, who has managed multi-asset strategies for over 15 years, is being brought in to focus on Fidelity's own sustainability framework. Fidelity International launches two multi-manager funds for Howard Wright clients This framework forms part of the fund house's work on environmental, social and governance...