Gartmore adds further boost to UK equity team

In the wake of changes to Gartmore's UK equity portfolio construction, Ben Wallace has joined the UK equity team as a senior investment manager. Wallace's move from Deutsche Asset Management to Gartmore follows the recent appointments of Rob Giles, Sacha Sadan and Chris Burvill to the team. Wallace will initially work on the Alpha and Alpha Plus teams, which were created following an extensive review of UK equity portfolio construction by Jon Thornton, head of UK equities, who joined in February. As UK equity fund manager at DAM, Wallace was responsible for a variety of ret...