David Hobbs
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David Hobbs is Head of Passive Investment, with global responsibility for passive products for UBS Global Asset Management.
He joined UBS Global Asset Management in 1968, initially as an investment analyst, before moving to portfolio management in 1973.
His roles during a long career at UBS include developing the in-house systems for passive equity management, 25 years of managing index-tracking equity portfolios and responsibility for the UK performance monitoring team during much of the 1980s.
Additionally, Mr Hobbs has specialised in corporate governance.
He leads UBS’s analysis and voting policy for executive remuneration schemes in the UK and is a member of the committee responsible for determining the NAPF corporate governance policy.
David Hobbs is Chairman of the FTSE Equity Indices Committee (which oversees all FTSE’s equity indices) and a member of the Investment Council of the NAPF.
He is also an Affiliate Member of the UKSIP and the CFA Institute, and a member of the Securities Institute.
Former positions of David Hobbs
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UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd.
UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (UBS-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment subsidiary of UBS Asset Management Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1981 as Phillips & Drew Investment Management Ltd., the firm merged with UBS Asset Management in 2000 to form UBS Asset Management Ltd., which became UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2002. They changed their name to UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2015. Headquartered in London, UBS-UK provides asset management services to corporate and public pension plans, sovereign institutions, endowments and municipalities, charities, insurance companies, wholesale intermediaries, financial institutions, and private clients. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | - |
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UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd.
UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (UBS-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment subsidiary of UBS Asset Management Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1981 as Phillips & Drew Investment Management Ltd., the firm merged with UBS Asset Management in 2000 to form UBS Asset Management Ltd., which became UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2002. They changed their name to UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2015. Headquartered in London, UBS-UK provides asset management services to corporate and public pension plans, sovereign institutions, endowments and municipalities, charities, insurance companies, wholesale intermediaries, financial institutions, and private clients. | Finance |
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