Barker joins Threadneedle

Bill Barker, institutional fund manager at HSBC Asset Management, has joined Threadneedle's UK smaller companies team as a portfolio manager, writes Jane Wallace. At Threadneedle, Barker will continue to be primarily responsible for institutional accounts and for proprietary research. He will act as deputy to Paul Cramp who is head of this group. For the past four years, Barker has managed institutional UK smaller companies mandates at HSBC Asset Management. Before that he worked at Lloyds Investment Managers and Royal Life. Threadneedle has also decided to merge its UK and European des...