Created GEM fixed income division last year
Will cover Midlands and North West England
To focus on flexible equities strategies
Small caps seem to be an immediate turn off to a lot of investors, with fixations on aggregate valuations and volatility meaning the better risk-adjusted returns that can be made within this asset class are often overlooked.
Japan's equity markets topped performance charts last year, despite ongoing concerns about the effectiveness of Abenomics and the impact of China's slowdown.
Previously special adviser to French president
Some stocks set to benefit