Register to get unlimited access to all of Citywire’s Fund Manager database. Registration is free and only takes a minute.

Former AXA high yield head joins Neuberger Berman

By Eleanor Lawrie 14 Apr, 2014 at 10:09

Neuberger Berman has has hired Axa's former head of European high yield, as the firm prepares to launch a European high yield fund for non-US investors.

Andrew Wilmont will join the company as lead European high yield portfolio manager prior to the launch, which will be on Neuberger Berman's Dublin-domiciled Ucits range.

He will report to Ann Benjamin, the firm’s chief investment officer for non-investment grade strategies.

'High yield has matured into a global asset class and we’re delighted to expand our investment capabilities and the range of strategies Neuberger Berman offers to clients with an investor of Andrew’s calibre,' Benjamin said.

Seeking value opportunities with H2O MultiReturns Fund

Vincent Chailley, CIO of H2O Asset Management, talks about the importance of diversification to protect portfolios against rising yields and where to find value globally

Play

Introducing a rising dividend strategy

Colin Morton, manager of the Franklin UK Rising Dividends Fund, talks about the importance of dividends and his investment approach

Barclays drags FTSE into red as compensation mounts

FTSE 100 gives up early gains for third straight session as positive construction figures fail to sustain momentum.

Content From Artemis Fund Managers
Europe: An Inflection Point?

Play

Sam Vecht: the best opportunities in frontier markets

Blackrock's Vecht evaluates frontier markets and explains where he sees the opportunities

Play

Where A-rated Pattullo is finding the best bond opportunities

Henderson Global Investors head of retail fixed income explains how he is managing his fund against the surprise current monetary policy divergence.

1 Comment Play

Taxicab Tenner: Allianz Global Investors' AA-rated Simon Gergel

Our much anticpated new series is here! We hand a black cab driver a tenner and grill the manager of the 125-year Merchants trust until the meter runs out.

Profile: meet the duo at the heart of Hargreave Hale's succession plan

For the first time in the company's history a non-Hargreave is now at the head of the north west broker and asset manager

Tweets by @CitywireWealth

Former AXA high yield head joins Neuberger Berman

Leave a comment!

Related Fund Managers

Andrew Wilmont

Seeking value opportunities with H2O MultiReturns Fund

Introducing a rising dividend strategy

Trust Insider: JPM's Senior Loan still subordinate to bigger funds

5 shares the pros are buying

Rothschild: We face greatest geopolitical risk since WW2

AAA-rated Seaton: the outstanding Aberdeen opportunity

Barclays drags FTSE into red as compensation mounts

Sam Vecht: the best opportunities in frontier markets

Where A-rated Pattullo is finding the best bond opportunities

Taxicab Tenner: Allianz Global Investors' AA-rated Simon Gergel

Profile: meet the duo at the heart of Hargreave Hale's succession plan

Lunch with Standard life Investments’ Mark Lane

Tracing the history of Charles Stanley’s Cambridge office

Wealth managers banish their investment irritations into Room 101

A day in the life of Tom Becket

Shining the spotlight on Barclays’ regional network

From Johannesburg to Guernsey with RBC’s Ashley Northgrave

Lunch with Stanhope Capital’s Jonathan Bell

Top 30 under 30 catch-up

Ashcourt Rowan’s Meadows’ four-part system for success

Events Diary 2015

One year on, how is Bristol’s Alpha PM progressing?

What next for the South West’s wealth managers?

Catering to Bournemouth’s affluent investors

Henderson Rowe’s Fahie: Backing the personal touch

Wealth Manager Christmas jumper lunch

Where is Smart Beta heading in 2015?

Structured credit points the way ahead for Vestra Wealth’s Lakshmanan

Citywire’s Alternative Ucits Retreat caters to a multinational audience

A Midlands first for Wealth Manager

Rathbones’ Philip Gent and Oliver Pearson-Lund: Keeping the team together for two decades

Westbury Private Clients: boosting headcount but still a boutique