Columbia Threadneedle has tapped Merian Global Investors and Fidelity International to boost its UK and European equities teams.
Kunal Kothari has joined the firm as an analyst in the 15-strong UK equities team, reporting to Chris Kinder, manager of the higher alpha UK equities strategies. He has 14 years’ experience, the last eight as a UK companies researcher across various sectors at Merian Global Investors.
Jamie Lewis has joined as an analyst for the European Smaller Companies strategies working with managers Philip Dicken and Mine Tezgul. He previously worked at Fidelity International as an equity research analyst covering European smaller companies.
Columbia Threadneedle CIO EMEA and global head of equities William Davies said: “As an active asset manager, research intensity underpins our investment approach. We manage £39bn for our clients in UK and European equities and Kunal and Jamie bring with them experience and deep knowledge of investing in these markets.
“Our culture of collaboration across the investment team, combined with our focus on research intensity, allows us to uncover new opportunities and generate consistent performance for clients over the long term.”
Threadneedle has 160 investment analysts across the business.
