LGT Wealth Management hires lead portfolio manager for MPS

Adam Burniston joins

LGT Wealth Management has hired Adam Burniston as lead portfolio manager of its model portfolio service.

In his new role, he will manage five diversified model portfolios and an income strategy available to advisers across the UK. He will report to Phoebe Stone, head of intermediary investment services, and work closely with the sustainable MPS team.  His appointment is the first in a series of planned hires to support the firm's growth push in its intermediary investment services business.  Prior to joining LGT, Burniston worked as a portfolio manager at Sanlam, formerly Thesis Asset Management, where he managed a range of multi-manager MPS propositions, multiple private fund-of-funds a...