Faulkner-MacDonagh joins from Ziff Brothers Investments as market strategist. He will be responsible for analysing the primary drivers across all major asset classes. He has been in the investment industry 17 years and held roles at the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Treasury Department. Faulkner-MacDonagh will be based in Edinburgh and report directly to head of global strategy Andrew Milligan.
Wolf joins SLI from the U.S. State Department as an emerging markets economist. He has eight years of industry experience and has held roles at BAE Systems and Lehman Brothers. Also based in Edinburgh, Wolf will report to chief economist Jeremy Lawson.
Both will contribute to the company’s house view and generate research ideas for the wider business. The SLI multi-asset and macro team now has 49 people.
“Chris and Alex will complement the spectrum of investment knowledge and expertise currently held by our multi-asset team, deepening our understanding of emerging markets and the major asset classes,” said head of macro and multi-asset investing Guy Stern.
“Their arrival will help to support Standard Life Investments’ house view, which has added significant value to our client’s portfolios for many years. I welcome them to the strategy team and very much look forward to working closely with them.”
