Hamilton joined on 10 October and will report to distribution director Mark Little, with a specific brief covering the London discretionary market.

“Will has considerable experience of the discretionary market and a proven track record of raising assets across a range of products,” said Little. “Will’s appointment will help us to further develop our relationship with key fund selectors as we see increased interest in our funds."

With over 10 years’ experience in the asset management industry, Hamilton was previously associate director at Henderson Global Investors. There, he was responsible for core investors within the discretionary community in London including global distributors, fund of funds, private banks, family offices and private client fund managers as well as high net worth individuals.  

Prior to this he worked in investment fund sales at New Star Asset Management.
 
CRUX was established in 2014 on the back of a flagship fund launched in October 2009 by Richard Pease and James Milne at Henderson Global Investors. It has an equities-only long-term capital growth strategy.

The fund was valued at $1.2 billion in March 2015, according to an article published by the Financial Times, and underwent restructuring on 8 June 2015. As at 30 September, the fund invested in Aurelius, Noveartis, Sampo, RELX, ISS, Bureau Veritas, Elior, Brenntag, Sika and Wolters Kluwer, and was showing over 130 per cent growth since inception.

(The author is a journalist based in Hong Kong.)