People Moves
SLI Snaps Up US Diplomat And Treasury Economist For Its Edinburgh Office
Standard Life Investments, part of the Standard Life group, has hired two heavyweights for its Edinburgh office.
Standard Life Investments, part of the Standard Life group,
has hired two heavyweights for its Edinburgh office.
Chris Faulkner-MacDonagh joins as market strategist and Alex Wolf
joins as emerging markets economist.
Faulkner-MacDonagh joins from Ziff Brothers Investments, where he
was senior economist, having also previously worked at the
International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury. He reports to
Andrew Milligan, head of global strategy, and will be responsible
for analysing the primary drivers across major asset classes.
Meanwhile, Wolf reports to Jeremy Lawson, chief economist. His
role will include analysing key emerging markets and the global
business cycle. He joins from the US State Department, where he
served as a US diplomat in Beijing and Taipei.
The double hire increases the multi-asset team to 49.
"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 Guy Stern, head of macro and multi-asset
investing.
"Their arrival will help to support [our] house view, which has
added significant value to our client's portfolios for many
years," he added.
