Baring Asset Management Appoints David Kiddie as Director of Investment Process.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003 Baring Asset Management (BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. ), the global institutional investment management firm, announced the appointment of David Kiddie kid·die or kid·dy n. pl. kid·dies Slang A small child. kiddie Noun Informal a child as Director of Investment Process. Mr. Kiddie, who has more than 18 years' investment experience, joined BAM December 1st and reports to Michael Hughes Notable people named Michael Hughes include:
Previously, Mr. Kiddie was Chief Investment Officer, Retail and Co-Head of Equities at Rothschild Asset Management, which he helped to take through its successful merger with Insight Investment. Prior to this he spent six years at Hill Samuel
In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 25bn Pan-European Equity team. He also spent four years at BAM in the late 1980s, as Director responsible for Continental European equity investments. In his new role, David will head up BAM's Investment Process Team. He will work closely with the Chief Investment Officer and individual teams to ensure that BAM's performance and risk processes remain industry leading and consistent with its philosophy of Growth at a Reasonable Price. David has been recruited to replace Don Walker who is retiring from BAM at the end of December. "The role of Director of Investment Process is central to our investment strategy," said Michael Hughes, Chief Investment Officer. "BAM's rigorous investment processes are designed to provide a consistent and disciplined approach across all asset classes and products. David's appointment signals our continued commitment to ensuring that these processes remain at the forefront of investment management." Mr. Hughes noted that Mr. Kiddie's successful investment track record and considerable experience of both retail and institutional fund management will prove invaluable to BAM. About Baring Asset Management Baring Asset Management (BAM) is a global investment management firm that manages over $30 billion on behalf of governments, institutions, charities, private clients and mutual fund investors located around the world. Within North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , BAM provides asset management services to institutional investors, offering them a range of equity and fixed income products in both domestic and international markets from their offices in Boston, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Toronto. BAM follows a Growth at a Reasonable Price (GARP (General Attributes Registration Protocol) A standard for registering a client station into a multicast domain. See 802.1p. GARP - A graphical language for concurrent programming. ["Visual Concurrent Programmint in GARP", S.K. ) equity investment strategy. Its approach focuses on identifying favorable earnings surprise and valuation characteristics through fundamental research, and it seeks companies and markets whose attractive growth prospects are not fully reflected in their prices. Baring Asset Management is part of ING Group ING Groep N.V. (NYSE: ING, Euronext: INGA) (known as ING Group) is a financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, insurance and asset management services. ING once stood for Internationale Nederlanden Groep. , one of the largest financial institutions in Europe. ING Group employs over 115,000 people in over 60 countries. More information about Baring Asset Management can be found at www.baring-asset-us.com. |
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