River & Mercantile expands PVT team with double analyst hire

Follows recent appointment of James Sym

River & Mercantile has announced the appointment of two analysts to bolster its potential, valuation and timing (PVT) equities team.

Alexander Stout joins from Peel Hunt, where he worked most recently as an equity research analyst, and will take on the role of global analyst. River & Mercantile reopens UK small cap fund Laura Corbetta joins the team from Natixis Investment Managers, where she most recently served as a senior quantitative portfolio analyst. In her new role as quantitative equity analyst she will support the team's stock screening system, Moneypenny. These appointments follow the recent hiring of Schroders' James Sym to run a range of European funds and will provide support to Hugh Sergeant, Dan H...