(9 July 2007 – Australia) ING Investment Management Australia (INGIM) has appointed Sinclair Currie as Small Cap Portfolio manager.Currie, who joins the company on 23 July, was previously a small companies portfolio manager with Deutsche Asset Management and previously held roles at BT Funds Management and HSBC James Capel Securities.
INGIM director Australian Equities, Paul Cuddy, said INGIM had an enviable track record in managing small companies portfolios and expected to see this success continue with the appointment of Currie.
INGIM’s flagship small companies fund ranked in the top quartile over the three year period to May 2007.