Heartwood appoints new Investment Director

Graham Bishop joins as Investment Director

Heartwood Investment Management (‘Heartwood’), the specialist boutique investment manager, today announces the appointment of Graham Bishop as Investment Director.

Graham is a highly experienced investment strategist whose area of expertise includes the top-down analysis of global capital markets and multi asset investing. At Heartwood he will be taking the lead on tactical asset allocation as well as participating in the management of the multi asset strategies.

Before joining Heartwood, Graham was a global macro strategist at Citi Bank, where he helped design short and longer term cross-asset trades and ideas. Prior to Citi, Graham worked at Exane BNP Paribas and RBS (formerly ABN Amro) where, in both roles, he was responsible for European equity strategy research. Earlier in his career he was an economist and multi asset strategist at Cazenove Capital Management.

Noland Carter, Head of Heartwood Investment Management and Chief Investment Officer said: “We are delighted to welcome Graham to Heartwood. As a member of our senior team he will undoubtedly play a crucial role in Heartwood’s tactical asset allocation process and his experience will be invaluable as we continue to evolve our approach to multi asset investing.”

Commenting on his appointment, Graham Bishop, said: “I am thrilled to be joining the highly respected investment team at Heartwood. The firm already has an impressive and well-established client base and a strong investment track record, and I am looking forward to working with them.”

Heartwood is a global multi-asset investment manager that offers a range of investment strategies intended to suit various risk appetites. Its straightforward investment proposition is designed to optimise the expertise of a high calibre, experienced team of professionals to benefit clients with portfolios of all sizes.

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