Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - ZEDRA, Sionic, Schroders, Others

Editorial Staff

2 August 2021

ZEDRA
has added a number of people to its London-based Europe, Middle East and Africa investment team, taking effect from 1 August.

Paul Foley has taken up the role of head of EMEA portfolio management and Kipp Cummins became head of EMEA fixed income.

Foley will oversee all portfolio management activities in London for Dimensional Fund Advisors, reporting to Nathan Lacaze, co-chief executive at Dimensional UK. Lacaze previously held these responsibilities in addition to his co-CEO role.

Before this, Foley served as senior portfolio manager and vice president of Dimensional UK. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager. Foley joined Dimensional in 2003 on the trading team.

Cummins will assume the newly-created role of head of EMEA fixed income. He will have responsibility for fixed income portfolio management and trading for Dimensional UK, reporting to Foley in London and Dimensional’s head of international fixed income Joel Kim, who is based in Singapore.

Previously, Cummins was a senior portfolio manager and VP of Dimensional UK. He joined Dimensional in 2012 as a fixed income trader, having spent several years as a trader at a Texas-based asset manager.

Dimensional is based in Austin, Texas, and has 13 global offices across North America, Europe (London, Amsterdam and Berlin) and Asia. As at 30 June 2021, it managed $660 billion for investors worldwide.