Downing poaches Paget from Liontrust to join Simon Evan-Cook

Multi-asset team

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Downing Fund Managers has hired Alex Paget to join the fund management team to work alongside Simon Evan-Cook on the Downing Fox multi-asset strategies.

Paget will join in January from Liontrust Asset Management, where he was formerly head of client investment strategy.  Foresight acquires Downing technology ventures division He held a similar role at Neptune prior to its acquisition by Liontrust in 2019. He has also held positions as an investment trust analyst at Kepler Partners, and is a former Financial Express journalist. Simon Evan-Cook, head of Downing Fox Multi-Asset, said: "One of my guiding principles is to surround myself with people who are smarter than me. Alex is certainly that.  "He first impressed me over a decad...

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