Zenith expands research team with former S&P staffer
Andrew Yap and Huw Flanagan have joined Zenith Investment Partners as investment analysts.
Yap will take on the role of senior investment analyst, having previously worked as head of multi-sector at Standard & Poor's within its funds management research division.
In his new role, he will be responsible for the diversified and diversified multi manager sectors at Zenith, support senior investment analyst Steven Tang in the fixed interest sectors, and contribute to the equity asset class research coverage.
With 13 years experience in financial services, corporate advisory, audit and accounting, Yap was previously a consultant of PPB Advisory, and senior research manager at Pitcher Partners Investment Advisory.
Flanagan joined Zenith in September as an investment analyst and is responsible for assisting the senior analyst in the review and rating of funds across all asset classes.
Zenith director David Wright said the new additions to the analytics team reflected the business' success over the past year, including its recent win of the BT Financial external research supplier contract.
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