Schroder Investment Management Limited 31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA Telephone +44 (0)20 7658 6000 Fax +44 (0)20 7658 6965 www.schroders.com News Release Schroders hires Senior Risk Premia Specialist to join Multi-Asset Investment 7th October 2013, London Schroders Multi-Asset Investments and Portfolio Solutions business is today announcing the appointment of Ugo Montrucchio as a portfolio manager. He will be based at Schroders in London and will take up the post in January 2014. Montrucchio joins from the BlackRock Multi-asset Group where he was a director and a lead portfolio manager for its diversified growth and risk-parity strategies. Previous experience includes roles as a fixed income investment analyst at Barings Asset Management and a senior consultant at Barra International Ltd. Schroders Multi-Asset Investments and Portfolio Solutions business has been selectively adding resources to strengthen its risk premia based multi-asset approach with more than 40 investment professionals now focussed on risk premia research. Nico Marais, Head of Multi-Asset Investments and Portfolio Solutions at Schroders, commented: “Ugo has an impressive track record as a senior portfolio manager with many years of practical experience in managing multi-asset portfolios and I am delighted to work with him again.” Ugo Montrucchio, Portfolio Manager, commented: “I am excited to join Schroders at such an interesting time in its development. Its highly skilled MultiAsset team is one of the leading in the industry and I am delighted to have been given this opportunity to join them.” For further information, please contact: Estelle Bibby, Senior PR Manager, Institutional Tel:+44 (0)20 7658 3431 / estelle.bibby@schroders.com Schroders plc Registered office at above address Reg. 3909886 England 1 For your security, communications may be taped or monitored Schroder Investment Management Limited 31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA Telephone +44 (0)20 7658 6000 Fax +44 (0)20 7658 6965 www.schroders.com Georgina Robertson, PR Manager, International Tel:+44 (0)20 7658 6168/ georgina.robertson@schroders.com Notes to Editors For trade press only. To view the latest press releases from Schroders visit: http://ir.schroders.com/media Schroders plc Schroders is a global asset management company with £255.8 billion (EUR298.5 billion/$388.0 billion)* under management as at 30 June 2013. Our clients are major financial institutions including pension funds, banks and insurance companies, local and public authorities, governments, charities, high net worth individuals and retail investors. With one of the largest networks of offices of any dedicated asset management company, we operate from 34 offices in 27 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. Schroders has developed under stable ownership for over 200 years and long-term thinking governs our approach to investing, building client relationships and growing our business. *Source: Schroders, all data pro forma as at 30 June 2013, including Cazenove Capital assets under management Further information about Schroders can be found at www.schroders.com. Issued by Schroder Investment Management Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For regular updates by e-mail please register online at www.schroders.com for our alerting service. Schroders plc Registered office at above address Reg. 3909886 England 2 For your security, communications may be taped or monitored