CRUX hires Martin Currie's Taylor as deputy manager for new Asia strategies

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Lauren Mason
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CRUX Asset Management has hired Martin Currie’s Asia ex-Japan portfolio manager Damian Taylor as deputy manager for its two new Asian equity funds.

Taylor, who will work on Asia ex-Japan and China portfolios due to launch on 1 October, will report to lead fund manager Ewan Markson-Brown, who joined CRUX from Baillie Gifford earlier this month. The new Asia team will also include analysts Ishaan Bhatia and Ryan Soh, who previously worked alongside Markson-Brown on the Baillie Gifford Pacific fund and the Pacific Horizon investment trust. CRUX to build international footprint with sales director hire Taylor has more than 20 years' investment experience, having previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs before joining ...

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