Newton IM taps Wellington Management for EM and Asia equities chief

Liliana Castillo Dearth joins

Newton Investment Management has poached Liliana Castillo Dearth from Wellington Management to lead the firm’s emerging markets and Asia equities team.

In her new role, she will develop Newton's product offering in this area and work closely with portfolio managers Alex Khosla and Zoe Kan and investment analysts Fei Chen and Aditya Shah. She will report to CIO for equities John Porter.  Castillo Dearth worked as a portfolio manager for Wellington Management for six years, where she developed and managed emerging market equity portfolios.  The Big Interview: Newton CEO Munro on banks, adjusting to a new regime and 60/40 Prior to that, she spent 18 years at AllianceBernstein, joining as a research analyst and progressing to lead por...