Aberdeen's multi-manager head Harries exits

Duce and Wood remain at the firm

Laura Dew
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Aberdeen's head of multi-manager Mark Harries has left the firm, Investment Week can reveal.

Harries (pictured) became head of the multi-manager team with Simon Wood in July 2014 following Aberdeen's takeover of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) earlier that year. As a result, previous co-heads of the team Aidan Kearney left the firm while Graham Duce moved into the multi-asset division. A spokesperson for Aberdeen confirmed that Harries had left the business and that the multi-manager funds would continue to be run by the 14-strong team. "Following the successful integration of the SWIP Investment Solutions into the Aberdeen business Mark Harries is leaving th...

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