Ralston set to depart Schroders

Schroders head of investment Nicola Ralston is to leave the group this September, writes Fiona Henderson. Ralston, who became head of investments in 1995, was responsible for overseeing many of the changes to the Schroders investment process over the last few years. These included focusing on improving portfolio performance and making the fund managers more accountable. Robert Higginbotham, marketing director at Schroders, said: 'One of her developments included setting up a research structure to support fund management teams. As part of this, she appointed Tim Pettee as head of researc...