Veritas has appointed Neil Cooper to the role of Senior Analyst for its Global Team.
Veritas has three funds in its Global range, which are co-managed by Veritas CEO Charles Richardson and Andy Headley, Fund Manager and Head of Research & Global. The range is made up of the multi-award winning Veritas Global Equity Income and Veritas Global Focus Funds and the recently restructured Veritas Global Real Return Fund.
Prior to joining Veritas, Neil was at Insight Investment where he was an Investment Analyst in the Global Financial sector. Prior to Insight Investment, Neil spent six years at UBS Global Asset Management, where he was an Investment Analyst in the Pan-European banking sector and led the team managing the European Analyst Financials Fund.
During a career spanning 15 years, Neil has also worked for companies including Barclays Wealth and NatWest Markets where he was an Investment Analyst and European Strategist respectively.
Andy Headley, Director and Head of Research and Global at Veritas commented:
"We are delighted to have such an experienced analyst joining the Global team. Neil’s background and experience compliments perfectly our real return approach that blends top down themes with bottom up stock picking"
Neil joined Veritas on the 29th March and will report directly to Andy Headley.
March 2010