Jason Collins is the Global Head of Equity Portfolio Management and the Head of the U.K. Investment Management Unit; he is also a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for U.K., European and international equity funds.
Jason coordinates resources and investment strategy for all equity portfolios. Since joining SEI in August 2009, he previously served as Head of Equity in the London office and, most recently, as Head of Portfolio Management in London, overseeing both equity and fixed-income strategies in that location.
Prior to his employment with SEI, he was a Founding Partner of Maia Capital Partners—a specialist multi-manager investment firm providing multi-asset unit trusts to U.K. retail investors. Jason participated in all aspects of portfolio management for the firm, including manager research and fund selection across all asset classes, as well as asset allocation, portfolio construction and implementation.
Before founding Maia Capital, Jason was a Portfolio Manager at Fidelity International; there he was responsible for a range of multi-manager funds and played a key role in the development of the investment process. Prior to joining Fidelity, he spent over nine years at Skandia as Head of Investment Research; in this role, he was responsible for the manager research, selection and monitoring process, and was a key member of the Group Investment Committee.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in financial services, with honors, from Bournemouth University and is a member of the CFA society.
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Investment Management Unit (IMU) is a team within SEI Investments Management Corporation (SIMC). SIMC is the adviser subsidiary of SEI Investments Company (SEI).