Artemis poaches Majedie's Adrian Brass for US fund

James Dudgeon also joins

Adrian Brass and James Dudgeon have joined Artemis Investment Management, with the duo jumping ship after eight and six years respectively.

Lead and co-managers of the Majedie US Equity fund, Brass and Dudgeon will take on the same roles on the Artemis US Extended Alpha fund and contribute to idea generation across all US equity strategies at the firm. They will be joined on the fund by Will Warren, who will remain lead manager of the Artemis US Absolute Return fund. Brass and Dudgeon have left Majedie just two months following the completion of Liontrust's acquisition of the firm, which closed for £51.4m less than maximum price proposed owing to a share price fall in Liontrust. Hasbro proves to be a good play for Maje...