Ninety One has appointment Justin Jewell as Portfolio Manager in its Developed Markets Specialist Credit team, joining Darpan Harar as Co-Portfolio Manager on the Multi Asset Credit (MAC) and Global Total Return Credit (GTRC) funds.
Jewell, who will be based in London, will focus on the expansion of the Developed Market Specialist Credit platform.
Prior to joining Ninety One, Jewell was Managing Director and Head of European High Yield at RBC BlueBay Asset Management (RBC BlueBay), where he managed a team of 30 and oversaw $18bn in client assets across high yield, leveraged loan, CLOs, and multi asset credit.
Jewell joined RBC BlueBay in 2009 as Head of High Yield Trading before moving into portfolio management in 2012, later being named Partner and Co-Head of Global Leveraged Finance. Jewell began his career at UBS, where he joined as a graduate in 2002, and was later promoted to Director of High Yield Trading. He has a BSC in Economics from the London School of Economics.