DWS hires Hartwig Kos from SYZ AM

Starts in January 2019

DWS, formerly Deutsche Asset Management, has hired SYZ Asset Management's co-head of multi-asset & vice CIO Hartwig Kos.

Based in Frankfurt, Kos will join as a multi-asset portfolio manager, reporting to Christian Hille, global head of multi-asset & solutions at DWS. Prior to joining SYZ in 2015, he held a variety of roles at Barings Asset Management over a ten-year period, most recently as investment director of its global multi-asset team. Kos will join DWS in January 2019. In December 2017, the firm rebranded to DWS ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), which occurred in March. Warning German election could be 'inflection point' for Europe DWS employs around 3,800 staff, manages around...