Martin Currie adds Jo Rands to portfolio management team

Joined September 2021

Martin Currie has added Jo Rands to its UK equity fund management team, just six months after she joined the firm, Investment Week can reveal.

Rands, who joined the UK equity team as a senior research analyst/fund manager in September 2021, will be added as a named portfolio manager to a range of funds. From 1 March, she will be a named manager on FTF Franklin UK Equity Income, FTF Franklin UK Rising Dividends, FTF Franklin UK Opportunities and FTIF Franklin UK Equity Income. Franklin Templeton appoints global head of sustainability A spokesperson said the plan had always been to add Rands as a named manager "at the earliest convenience" owing to her more than 14 years' experience as a UK equities manager. She will joi...