Kames Capital strengthens its institutional business

Kames Capital has strengthened its institutional business with the appointment of Fiona Hope.
 
Hope joins Kames as institutional client director and will report to Peter Ball, Kames’ interim head of institutional business.
 
Hope has over 20 years financial services experience, including 18 years in client relationship roles for the likes of Deutsche Asset Management, JP Morgan Fleming Investment Management and Merrill Lynch Investment Management. She joins Kames Capital from the charity LinkAble, where she was a trustee and voluntary fundraiser.
 
Hope’s appointment comes as Kames Capital looks to build on the recent success of its institutional business which in the past 18 months has seen it awarded mandates from a range of clients including Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund, West Midlands Pension Fund, Kent County Council, Kensington & Chelsea Borough Council and Molins UK Pension Fund.  
 
Kames Capital also continues to receive positive independent endorsement through consultant ratings and awards. In May Kames was named Property Manager of the Year at the 2014 UK Pensions Awards. This follows the firm’s success in the same awards in 2013, when Kames Capital was named Fixed Income Manager of the Year.
 
Commenting on the appointment, Kames Capital’s chief executive Martin Davis says: ‘We are enjoying a sustained period of success in our institutional business, with increasing recognition of our capabilities across fixed income, equities, property, multi-asset and absolute return investing. Fiona is a well-known and respected figure in the institutional market and will be a valuable addition to our team as we strengthen to support Kames Capital’s future growth.’
 
Kames Capital manages £9 billion in segregated and pooled portfolios on behalf of third-party institutional clients.*