He will be part of the team managing the UK-domiciled £1.29bn Japan CoreAlpha Fund and the Dublin-domiciled $4.35bn Japan CoreAlpha Equity fund. He reports to head of Japanese equities Stephen Harker and works alongside senior portfolio managers Jeffrey Atherton and Neil Edwards.
Edwards joins from Stratton Street Capital LLP, where he was an assistant fund manager on the firm’s Japanese equity fund strategies. He started his new role on 30 June.
“We are pleased to welcome Adrian to GLG. With his experience of investing in Japanese equities, he will be a valuable addition to our team, which has expanded to reflect the substantial inflows into the portfolios,” Harker commented.
