Schroder Investment Management has hired Gregg Taylor to its Australian equities team.
Taylor will work as an Australian equity analyst and will report to Schroders' head of Australian equities Martin Conlon.
The firm has been on a hiring spree over the last 18 months. In May 2007, Schroders snapped up Credit Suisse Asset Management Australian equities chief Andrew Fleming. Fleming joined the Sydney office as senior portfolio manager.
In December Alex Mears came on board as an Australian equity analyst. The Australian equities team now includes 14 people.
"In our view it's important that our Australian equities research is supported by a large team," Schroders chief executive Greg Cooper said.
Analysts in the team cover both large and small cap stocks.
"We feel this approach allows our analysts to look at the whole spectrum of companies including under-researched stocks," Cooper said.
Cooper flagged that there are products in the pipeline.
"We are always looking for opportunities," he said.
