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Vontobel has appointed Jean-Louis Nakamura as Head of its Sustainable Equities Boutique, replacing Hans Speich who is retiring.

Thomas Wittwer, who will retire at the end of March 2023, is handing over his Chief Executive Officer role to Melissa Demcsik.

With growing demand from US and Canadian investors for systematic and fundamental investing, Vontobel has made available select strategies from its Vescore and Sustainable Equities boutiques.

The war in Ukraine has added continued volatility to emerging markets fixed income assets. According to a study published by Vontobel Asset Management, institutional investors around the world are wary of the war’s market and economic impacts but remain optimistic for the months ahead.

Vontobel Asset Management has appointed Luis Veiga as Head of Institutional Clients Romandie in Geneva.

Vontobel has launched three emerging markets fixed income strategies, providing US and Canadian investors first-time access to the time-tested bond market expertise of its USD 25bn Fixed Income Boutique.

Vontobel is expanding its suite of emerging market bond products with a fixed maturity fund, responding to investors demand for income with a predictable credit and duration risk trajectory.

Vontobel Asset Management has become first list signatory of the UK Stewardship Code 2021. The Code provides principles that institutional investors are expected to follow. The Code sets high stewardship standards for those investing money on behalf of UK savers and pensioners (asset managers), asset owners, and service providers (proxy advisers, investment consultants, and data providers).

In response to increasing demand for investments in transformational megatrends, Vontobel is expanding its suite of thematic funds for professional investors with the addition of a multi-theme equity fund.