Hall will join from Russell Investments with over 23 years of experience and 20 years in manager research and selection. Rob will work with a team of existing research analysts to deliver a high-quality manager selection capability.
Schroders Multi-Asset Investment head Johanna Kyrklund said that as part of the multi-asset offering the company has already embraced a degree of open architecture which is essential to delivering credible solutions. Rob’s enthusiasm and experience in manager selection will enable the company to keep on building in this area.
Schroders’ Multi-Asset team has more than 350 UK pension fund clients, many of which are invested in its funds including the Schroder Diversified Growth Fund and Schroder IF Diversified Completion, which is celebrating its third anniversary this year.
The announcement follows the appointment of Nicolaas Marais, who joined Schroders recently as head of multi-asset investments and portfolio solutions.
Marais will join from BlackRock’s multi-asset client solutions Group where he was hlobal head of Active Portfolio Management. He is a member of Schroders’ group management committee, reporting to Michael Dobson, chief executive.
