Rothschild Asset Management Expands Large Cap Investment Team with Addition of Jeff Agne as Healthcare Analyst

NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rothschild Asset Management Inc., the US asset management business of the Rothschild Group ("Rothschild"), today announced the appointment of Jeff Agne as Senior Vice President.  He will join the Large Cap equity investment team as a Healthcare Analyst. 

Mr. Agnes' appointment underlines the firm's strong commitment to continue building a pre-eminent asset management business for Rothschild in North America and deepens the equity platform's strength in bottom-up security selection.

"The addition of Jeff bolsters our investment team and furthers our large-cap equities capabilities," said Michael Woods, CEO of Rothschild Asset Management. "Jeff brings to Rothschild a strong track record in analyzing healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, and performing fundamental research for our institutional clients. As we look to 2016, we remain on-track toward the execution of our long-term growth strategy, focusing on strengthening our foundation, serving the institutional and consultant communities and growing key business units."

Mr. Agne joins Rothschild from PineBridge Investments, where he served as a Senior Vice President. Prior to PineBridge Investments, he covered large cap pharmaceuticals, healthcare diagnostics and healthcare research supplies with Bank of America Securities as well as large cap Pharmaceuticals for Schwab Soundview Capital Markets.  He received a BS in Business Administration from the University of Vermont and an MBA in Finance from New York University.  Mr. Agne is also a CFA Level III candidate.

As part of its long-term growth Strategy, Rothschild Asset Management has made several appointments throughout 2015 across several areas of the business, including investment management, operations, retail distribution and institutional sales.

About Rothschild 
Rothschild is one of the world's largest independent financial advisory groups.

There are four main arms to the business - Global Financial Advisory, Wealth Management & Trust, Institutional Asset Management, and Merchant Banking.

Rothschild's Institutional Asset Management business provides investment management and advisory services to institutional clients, financial intermediaries, third-party distributors and private clients around the world.

The business operates through three principal subsidiaries. Rothschild Asset Management in New York manages U.S. equity, U.S. balanced and global alternative strategies; Paris-based Rothschild & Cie Gestion focuses on European assets; and Blackpoint Management Limited, based in Guernsey, specialises in managing funds of hedge funds.

SOURCE Rothschild Asset Management Inc.