UK-listed Liontrust Asset Management has said that Ross Hollyman’s team of three investment managers will join the firm, following its June announcement that Mr Hollyman will move from GAM to Liontrust in January 2010.

Joining Mr Hollyman in moving from GAM to Liontrust is an equity team comprising Nikki Martin, Rob Cornish and Tom Ayres. On joining Liontrust, the four will focus on the global value, global earnings surprise and global multi-factor equity investment processes as the firm moves to broaden its product range.

At Liontrust, Ms Martin will focus primarily on the global earnings surprise investment process. At GAM she undertakes qualitative and quantitative analysis on UK and Pan European equity long short and long only funds. She has previously been an investment manager at SWIP and HSBC Private Equity. 

Mr Cornish will concentrate primarily on the global value investment process. He consulted at FactSet, before joining GAM in January 2004. 

Mr Ayres will focus on the global multi-factor investment process. At GAM, which he joined in 2005, he undertakes fundamental and qualitative analysis and develops quantitative models and analytical tools. Before joining GAM, Mr Ayres worked for Anglo Chinese Corporate Finance and Lehman Brothers.

Mr Hollyman is an investment director at GAM, where he is responsible for UK and European equity long only and long/short portfolios and heads a team of four specialists. Prior to joining GAM, he was a senior portfolio manager with JP Morgan Fleming, where he managed UK and European portfolios and worked with Gary West and James Inglis-Jones.

“The addition of their global investment processes will be a key part of Liontrust’s strategy to broaden our product range and add value to investors in asset classes where there is strong demand,” said Nigel Legge, chief executive of Liontrust.

Liontrust Asset Management, which was founded in 1994, manages around £1.1 billion ($1.8 billion) in UK and European equities and fixed income, as at 30 June 2009.