David Myers has joined ClearBridge Investments as a senior trader on the global trading team.
Based in Edinburgh, he reports to head of trading Patrick Collier. He will lead the firm’s global emerging markets portfolios and cover European trading in partnership with fellow trader Anthony Lucas.
ClearBridge, a Franklin Templeton-owned global equity manager, holds US$195.5 billion in assets under management as of end-June.
The appointment is part of ClearBridge’s alignment with active equity specialist Martin Currie, the firm said. Myers has been head of trading at the firm for more than 15 of his 30 years in the industry.
Prior to this, he was a trader at single-manager hedge fund O’Connor – sold to Cantor Fitzgerald by UBS earlier this year.
