Martin Currie adds co-manager to Andrew Graham's Asia Unconstrained trust

Effective from 1 December

Martin Currie has appointed Damian Taylor as co-manager of the £125m Asia Unconstrained trust, alongside Andrew Graham (pictured) who has been sole manager since 2011.

Taylor has been part of the firm's Asia investment team since 2013 and has 18 years of experience as an active equity investor with a background in private equity. The board of the trust said his appointment, which was announced in the trust's half-year results released this morning, will be complementary to Graham's role and will "strengthen the efforts of the investment manager in executing the mandate". He will officially join as co-manager on 1 December. Meanwhile, the trust reported a 1.8% total return for the six months ending 30 September compared to a return of 0.39% from the ...