St. James’s Place has appointed Hetal Mehta to the newly created role of head of economic research.
Mehta will set an economic framework and the house economic view for SJP.
She will work closely with the investment team to provide input and critical challenge to SJP’s asset allocation view.
Mehta, who has more than 17 years of experience in economics working across the private and public sector, will take up the role on 21 August.
She joined from Legal & General Investment Management where she was senior European economist responsible for UK, Eurozone, Scandi economic and central bank views and analysis.
Prior to this, she worked at Daiwa Capital Markets, Oxford Economics and the Office of the Deputy PM and HM Treasury.
St. James’s Place director of investments Tom Beal said: “Hetal will be instrumental in setting our house economic view and challenging our investment team’s approach on asset allocation.
“Adding an economist to our in-house investment team will further strengthen our capabilities and ensure we continue to deliver on our goal to provide a best-in-class investment proposition to meet the evolving needs of our partners and clients.”
Commenting on her appointment Hetal Mehta said: “We are in a challenging period for monetary policy and central banking and I look forward to helping the business, as well as SJP’s Partners and clients, to navigate the economic impacts in this environment.”
St. James’s Place, a UK wealth management organisation founded in 1991, oversees £157.5bn funds under management.
The company provides face-to-face advice to clients based on their individual needs and circumstances.
