Ex-Invesco star Langridge joins Jupiter

Jupiter is planning a global emerging markets fund for Kathryn Langridge, who is joining the firm after a three-year stint at Lloyd George.

Langridge will join Jupiter in September from Lloyd George, where she ran long-only emerging market equity funds. Lloyd George launched a global emerging markets fund for her just eight months ago. Previously, Langridge worked for 17 years at Invesco Perpetual, including as head of Asian investments and head of international equity products. She ran the IP Global Smaller Companies fund from 1990 to 2007, and the group's Asia fund for 15 years. She says: "Jupiter has a growing reputation in the emerging markets space and a strong, investment-led culture. I am very much looking fo...