Schroders appoints new investment director amid fund launch

Schroders has boosted its global equities investment team with the appointment of Anthony Doyle as Investment Director, at the same time as the investment manager gears up to bring another fund to the Australian market.

Doyle brings more than two decades of experience in funds management across institutional, intermediary and direct client channels to the new role at Schroders, joining from Pinnacle Investment Management boutique, Firetrail Investments, where he was most recently Head of Investment Strategy.

Doyle will contribute to the development of Schroders’ global equities presence across Australia and New Zealand, focusing on its newly-introduced “highly concentrated fundamental portfolio”, the Global Equity Alpha strategy, and its existing global Quantitative Equity Products (QEP) strategies with over $14 billion in assets under management in Australia.

Doyle will report to Ray Macken, Head of Client Group, Australia and New Zealand at Schroders.

“Anthony will have a strong client facing role and will be the bridge between our clients and our global equities portfolio managers locally and globally,” Simon Doyle, CEO of Schroders Australia, said.

“This will enhance our ability to deliver to the overall investment needs of our clients and provide solutions through our select, high quality global equity investment capabilities.”

Doyle also joins at the same time as QEP’s Core strategy celebrates the milestone of 25 years in operation.