Ryan Hutchinson and Stefan Wimmer Join Lazard Asset Management
October 27 2020 - 6:48AM
Business Wire
- LAM expands its thematic investment
offering with new healthcare team -
Lazard Asset Management LLC (LAM) today announced that Ryan
Hutchinson and Stefan Wimmer have joined the firm, bringing with
them their Digital Health investment strategy. Mr. Hutchinson,
Director and Portfolio Manager, and Mr. Wimmer, Senior Vice
President and Portfolio Manager are based in New York and Berlin,
respectively.
The Digital Health Strategy is a concentrated, unconstrained,
thematically driven equities strategy focused on the
multi-disciplinary disruption of the healthcare ecosystem. The team
invests in companies that are positioned to benefit from the
technological transformation of healthcare. Among other things, the
team looks for companies involved in the increased digitalization
and personalization of healthcare activities which are poised to
improve consumer experience, reduce cost burden, raise the quality
of life, and ultimately increase human longevity.
"Ryan and Stefan bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to
our global research platform,” said Nathan Paul, Chief Business
Officer, LAM. “The team will help us further our efforts to offer
our clients the thematic investment solutions that they are looking
for in this macro-economic environment.”
Both Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. Wimmer previously worked at Global
Thematic Partners, where they served as lead portfolio managers of
the Digital Health Strategy.
“We found a strategic and cultural fit at LAM, where fundamental
investment research is central, ESG is integrated, and there is a
true appreciation for thematic investing,” said Mr. Hutchinson.
“Stefan and I are looking forward to having the ability to
contribute to and leverage LAM’s global investment platform, while
benefiting from the firm’s data science tools, its best-in class
infrastructure and its distribution capabilities.”
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