Schroders' James Sym will join River & Mercantile (R&M) in June to help run a suite of European equity funds it is developing, the firm announced on Thursday.
R&M said it would launch its first Europe-focused offering in the summer, with Sym working closely with Hugh Sergeant and its broader PVT equities team. Sym joined Schroders in 2013 from Cazenove Capital Management, and currently manages the firm's European Alpha Income and European Alpha Plus funds. River & Mercantile's Lough looks to 'the rubbish tip' for value opportunities Sym will be replaced on the Income fund by Martin Skanberg and Hannah Piper on the funds respectively. Meanwhile Leon Howard-Spink and Paul Griffin will become co-managers of the Schroder ISF European Alpha F...
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