Legal & General Multi-Asset Target Return Fund Class I Income

Fund manager biography

Willem is responsible for LGIM's tactical asset allocation strategies. Willem joined LGIM in 2014 from BNP Paribas Investment Partners where he held the title of Head of TAA Research and Strategies. In this role he took responsibility for the multi-asset investment process and active management of global multi-asset portfolios, leading a team of economists, strategists and analysts. Prior to that, he held various positions in the same multi-asset solutions team overseeing portfolio management activities and the TAA research effort, and was involved in alpha generation. He started his investment career in the same team as a portfolio manager in 2001, and started to manage absolute return portfolios and GTAA overlay portfolios in 2004. Willem graduated from the University of Groningen and University of Amsterdam, and holds a master’s degree in econometrics and actuarial sciences. Willem is also a CFA charterholder.

Fund manager biography

Emiel joined LGIM in August 2013 as Head of Asset Allocation with responsibility for asset allocation strategy and macro research. Prior to joining LGIM, Emiel was CIO of the Multi-Asset Solutions Group at BNP Paribas Investment Partners, and responsible for managing a range of multi-asset strategies including absolute return, diversified growth funds, LDI and fiduciary, balanced mandates and multi-manager mandates. Emiel joined the asset allocation team at Fortis Investment (now BNP Paribas) in April 2000, as a strategist and portfolio manager, becoming head of the team in 2002. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, he worked as a portfolio manager at ING Investment Management, joining the company after working as a policy adviser in the Dutch Ministry of Finance. Emiel graduated from Tilburg University with a master’s degree in economics and holds a postgraduate qualification from VBA/EFFAS (the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies).