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Swiss Asset Manager Bolsters Sustainable Investments Team

Stephen Little Reporter London 24 April 2014

Swiss Asset Manager Bolsters Sustainable Investments Team

Swisscanto, the Zurich-based asset manager, has appointed Raphael Lüscher as a portfolio manager to its sustainable investments team.

Swisscanto, the Zurich-based asset manager, has appointed Raphael Lüscher as a portfolio manager to its sustainable investments team.

Lüscher will be responsible for the Swisscanto EF Green Invest Emerging Markets fund, the firm said in a statement.

He joins after 11 years at UBS Global Asset Management, where he was most recently a senior portfolio manager for sustainable equity funds.

Lüscher joined UBS as part of the graduate trainee programme in December 2002. Between August 2004 and March 2007 he was part of the equity portfolio management (EMEA) team, responsible for managing funds with a focus on European equities, and from 2007 to January 2008 he was an analyst for European mid-cap stocks.

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