Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has added Ryan Hutchinson and Stefan Wimmer to the firm along with their Digital Health investment strategy.

Hutchinson, Director and Portfolio Manager, and Wimmer, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager are based in New York and Berlin, respectively.

Stefan and I are looking forward to having the ability to contribute to and leverage LAMs global investment platform, while benefiting from the firms data science tools, its best-in class infrastructure and its distribution capabilities.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 digitalisation and personalisation 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, says 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 Hutchinson and 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, says Hutchinson. Stefan and I are looking forward to having the ability to contribute to and leverage LAMs global investment platform, while benefiting from the firms data science tools, its best-in class infrastructure and its distribution capabilities.

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Lazard Asset Management expands thematic investment offering with new healthcare team - Institutional Asset Manager