Martin Currie has appointed Zehrid Osmani to co-manage its Global Portfolio trust alongside long-standing manager Tom Walker, as part of a "well-considered succession plan".
Walker (pictured) has been managing the £225m trust independently since 2000, but he will now be joined by Osmani, who joined the firm in May from BlackRock to lead its Global Long-Term Unconstrained (GLTU) team. Martin Currie appoints ex-OMGI CEO Julian Ide as distribution head From 30 June, Osmani will take up co-portfolio management duties of the trust in addition to his role on the global equity team, which now consists of seven specialists that are supported by a further 46 regional investment professionals. Osmani spent ten years at BlackRock, where he played a key part in ...
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