Standard Life Wealth boosts leadership team

John Hair becomes CIO

Victoria McKeever
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Discretionary fund manager(DFM) Standard Life Wealth has strengthened its leadership team by promoting John Hair to CIO and Julie-Ann Ashcroft to co-head of investments alongside Darren Ripton.

Hair will report to chief executive Richard Charnock and look after the overall performance of the firm's investment portfolios, which comprise more than £6.7bn assets under management. He will also continue to manage portfolios for charities, private clients, trusts and pensions. Former senior investment manager Ashcroft will now work alongside existing head of investments Ripton and report into Hair. She will be responsible for Standard Life Wealth's Conventional portfolios, as well as managing The Balanced Bridge fund and the firm's Offshore Income fund. As investment co-head, Ripton ...

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