LONDON, 4 April 2022 – Newton, part of BNY Mellon Investment Management, today announces the appointment of Alex Khosla as a portfolio manager on the firm’s Global Emerging Markets and Asian equities strategies, in its global opportunities team. Alex will work alongside lead portfolio managers Paul Birchenough and Ian Smith on the £1.8 billion Newton Global Emerging Markets, Sustainable Global Emerging Markets and Asian Equity strategies.
Alex joins from Aikya Investment Management, where he was an investment analyst covering Global Emerging Markets. Prior to that, he was an investment analyst at Stewart Investors. Alex worked with Paul and Ian at AXA Framlington, where he supported them in managing the firm’s Global Emerging Markets funds. He began his career at UBS Investment Bank.
Commenting on Alex’s appointment, Paul Birchenough and Ian Smith, co-lead managers of Newton’s Global Emerging Markets and Asian Equities strategies said, “We have continued to see strong demand for our Global Emerging Markets and Asian equities franchise. These regions provide a particularly attractive opportunity for long-term, active investors like us, and we continue to grow our product offering in the asset class. Alex shares our belief in long-term investing with a clearly defined philosophy and an established, disciplined process for idea generation and portfolio management.
We are very excited to be working with Alex again and believe he will make an invaluable contribution to the strategies, particularly considering the experience he has had within emerging-market equity investment”.
We have continued to see strong demand for our Global Emerging Markets and Asian equities franchise. These regions provide a particularly attractive opportunity for long-term, active investors like us, and we continue to grow our product offering in the asset class. Alex shares our belief in long-term investing with a clearly defined philosophy and an established, disciplined process for idea generation and portfolio management.
We are very excited to be working with Alex again and believe he will make an invaluable contribution to the strategies, particularly considering the experience he has had within emerging-market equity investment.
Paul Birchenough, co-lead manager of Newton’s Global Emerging Markets and Asian Equities strategies and Ian Smith, co-lead manager of Newton’s Global Emerging Markets and Asian Equities strategies
Alex joined Newton in this newly created role on 1 April 2022.
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