AJ Bell is pleased to announce the appointment of James Flintoft, CFA as fund manager, strengthening an already market-leading investments team.
He joins the team responsible for managing AJ Bell’s range of investments, which provide risk targeted solutions across active or passive, income or growth, funds and MPS.
James joins as the team continues to build on strong investment performance. AJ Bell’s core multi-asset range have delivered top quartile returns versus their Investment Association sector average over the last one, three and five years.
AJ Bell Investments saw assets under management (AUM) grow to £3.4 billion last year, with record net inflows of £443 million in the quarter ending 31 December, up 143% compared to the same period the previous year.
James joins AJ Bell with extensive experience in multi-asset portfolio management and was recently head of investments at Vertem Asset Management, where he managed their investment team and MPS proposition; one of the first ‘on platform’ MPS.
Kevin Doran, managing director of AJ Bell’s D2C proposition, says: “James brings us yet more experience and expertise to the team at a time where we’re seeing lots of interest from investors and advisers in our low-cost investment solutions.”
James Flintoft, fund manager, adds: “I’m delighted to be joining the vibrant AJ Bell investment team at this point in the growth trajectory. Kevin and the team have built a proposition that is both principled and engaging, and I look forward to contributing to the success story.”