Royal London Short Duration Global High Yield Bond Class M - Accumulation (GBP)

Stephen Tapley joined RLAM in September 2012 from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), where he was a high yield analyst focusing on the European market and covering the chemicals, paper & packaging, healthcare and heavy industrials sectors. His research role included credit and liquidity modelling, and idea generation. Prior to SWIP he spent five years as an investment analyst at Gulf International Bank UK, where he focused on European high yield credit and specialised on event-driven idea generation for a range of long only and hedge fund strategies. A CFA Charterholder, Stephen holds a BEng in Mechatronic Engineering and an MSc in Financial & Industrial Mathematics, both from Dublin City University.

Azhar Hussain joined RLAM in May 2012 from Insight Investment Management, where he was Head of High Yield and Leveraged Loans, and the manager of a number of high yield credit funds. Prior to Insight, he worked at Gulf International Bank (GIB) in London, specialising in global high yield. He joined GIB in 2001 as an analyst, before assuming his first portfolio management role two years later and subsequently establishing a high yield team. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche in 1996, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Azhar has a BA in Economics and Law from the University of London (School of Oriental & African Studies).