AJ Bell appoints new fund manager

James Flintoft

AJ Bell has appointed James Flintoft as fund manager, where he will work in the team responsible for managing AJ Bell’s range of investments.

Joining the firm last month, Flintoft was previously head of portfolio management at Vertem Asset Management, where he spent ten years. In his role at Vertem, he managed the firm's MPS proposition, which was on the first ‘on platform' MPS. He also worked as head of investments at WealthTek. AJ Bell said that its investments arm had grown to £3.4bn in assets under management last year, with its core multi-asset range delivering top quartile returns compared to their Investment Association sector average in recent years. Coupland Cardiff AM hires Jonathan Asante for EM team ...