Carola Lawton-Browne joins RLAM as Portfolio Risk Manager
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Carola Lawton-Browne to the new position of Portfolio Risk Manager within its investment team.
Carola has overall responsibility for ensuring that RLAM's diverse range of unitised funds and segregated mandates adhere to agreed investment parameters, conducting in-depth analysis across the company's equity and fixed income funds. She reports directly to RLAM's Chief Investment Officer, Robert Talbut.
Carola joins RLAM from Insight Investment, where she spent 12 years working initially as a Quantitative Analyst before being appointed Head of Quant and Risk within the equity team in 2003.
Robert Talbut commented:
"Carola's appointment marks a strong addition to our investment team, ensuring we continue to provide a robust portfolio risk framework across our funds. Her extensive risk management experience will be a great benefit to our fund managers and clients alike."
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For further information please contact:
RLAM
Stephen Watchorn
Tel: 020 7506 6582
Stephen.watchorn@rlam.co.uk
Quill Communications
Jo Stonier
Tel: 020 7758 2230
Jo.s@quillcommunicate.com
Editor's notes:
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM)
was established in 1988 and specialises in providing investment management solutions for both the Royal London Group and a range of external institutions. These include FTSE 250 companies, local authorities, universities, charities, wealth managers, financial advisers and private clients. RLAM manages over £31bn of assets, employing more than 50 experienced investment professionals in our London based office.
Royal London Group is a specialist financial service provider. Its businesses focus on those sectors of the market which value premium propositions, operating through a number of brands:
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Scottish Life – UK pensions market
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Bright Grey – UK protection market
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Scottish Life International – offshore investment markets
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Scottish Provident International – offshore investment markets
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RLAM – fund management
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RLAS – life and pensions administration
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Fundsdirect / Ascentric – funds supermarket; Wrap Platform
Royal London is the largest mutual life and pensions company in the UK with Group funds under management of £32.6 billion. Group businesses serve around three million customers and employ 2,630 people (figures quoted are as at 31 March 2008).