Asset manager Polar Capital Holdings plc has added Tom Dorner to the global financials team as a fund manager and promoted Jack Deegan as fund manager, effective December 1, 2023.
Dorner, previously a senior investment director in the developed markets team at abrdn, manages the Polar Capital Europe ex UK Income Equity Fund. With nine years of experience, he oversaw analytical coverage of European financials and managed various European investment funds. Before this, Dorner worked as an analyst specialising in the European Insurance sector at Citi and Lehman Brothers in London.
Deegan, who began at Polar Capital as an analyst in the Financials team in October 2017, has been promoted to fund manager for the Polar Capital Financial Credit Fund. He will also continue his role as an analyst across the team’s broader fund range.
The asset manager has also announced a change in the strategy of the Polar Capital Income Opportunities Fund, accompanied by a name change to the Polar Capital Financial Credit Fund. The revised strategy will continue to be overseen by Nick Brind.
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