Standard & Poor's (S&P) Fund Services maintained its ratings on three AMP Capital funds, following a number of Chicago-based appointments to AMP Capital Brookfield’s listed property and infrastructure teams.
The two new additions to the global listed property team are vice president and analyst Greg Kuhl and Devin Donnelly, who also joins as a vice president and analyst. Rebecca Javid is also relinquishing her analyst responsibilities to take on a strategic role, according to AMP Capital Investors (AMPCI).
The two new faces in the global listed infrastructure team are Sam Arnold, who has seven years of infrastructure investing experience and will be joining in June as a director and senior analyst, and Steve Stubitz, who will also be joining in June as an associate and analyst.
The new hires bring the listed property team to 20 and the listed infrastructure team to nine investment professionals, excluding traders, according to AMPCI.
The relevant funds for Australian investors are AMP Capital Global Property Securities A, AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Securities Fund Unhedged A, and AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Securities Fund Hedged A.
S&P said that it is currently reviewing the listed property fund and we will be meeting with the infrastructure team to review its capability later this month.
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