F&C's Nichols to join Columbia Threadneedle's European team

F&C's European equities manager Mark Nichols is leaving his role to join Columbia Threadneedle Investments as portfolio manager in its European equities team.

Nichols (pictured) will join the 11-strong team led by Philip Dicken, which manages a total of £17.8bn. He was lead manager on F&C's £380m European Growth & Income fund since 2011 and leaves behind his co-manager David Moss, who also co-managed the F&C Institutional European fund with Nichols, and runs the F&C European Equity fund. Prior to his role at F&C, Nichols was senior analyst at Oechsle International Advisors for six years, and has also held roles at Lehman Brothers and Invesco. Philip Dicken, head of European equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, said: "We are ple...