Blackrock brings in abrdn investment director in UK equity teams reshuffle

Samantha Browlee joins

Valeria Martinez
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Blackrock has repositioned the portfolio management of some of its UK equity portfolios and poached Samantha Brownlee from abrdn to co-manage three strategies.

Brownlee has joined the UK core equity team as a director, having previously spent the past 14 years at abrdn within its European, US and UK equity teams.  Working alongside Luke Chappell, she will immediately be appointed as co-manager across the UK Focus and UK +2% strategies and on the BGF United Kingdom fund.  BlackRock to launch two new PE funds after ELTIFs raise almost €1bn She will replace Nick Little, who is stepping down from his portfolio management responsibilities and will be exploring opportunities inside and outside the firm.  In addition, the portfolio management...

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