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Kames Capital Hires Senior Asset Manager

Josh O'Neill Reporter 15 November 2016

Kames Capital Hires Senior Asset Manager

The UK-based investment manager has added to its property team.

Kames Capital, an Edinburgh-and London-based investment management firm, has appointed Rachel Robinson as a senior asset manager within its property team in a newly-created role.

Robinson joins from Aviva Investors, where she was an asset manager in the high street retail and shopping centre team and was responsible for implementing strategic retail asset management initiatives.

Prior to Aviva, she was a property manager at Rubicon Retail and a senior asset manager at Chartwell Land.

In her new role, she will be based in London and will support Kames Capital's active value strategies and will report to the firm's head of active value property, Phillip Bach, who was also recently appointed to his newly-created role

Earlier this year, Robinson launched a second edition of Kames Capital's closed-ended Active Value Property Fund, following an earlier version that raised £275 million ($344.6 million).

Commenting on the appointment, Bach said: “We believe that there is considerable opportunity to buy good quality secondary assets within the £5 million to £15 million price bracket, outside of the London and certain South East hotspots. Rachel’s appointment further bolsters our team and her expertise will enhance our capacity to maximise their performance.” 

Kames Capital manages £53.1 billion on behalf of UK and international clients including pension funds, government agencies, financial institutions, wealth managers, family offices and financial advisors.

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