Investment manager Artemis is to launch a new consumer brand-focused fund tomorrow, Friday 1 December.

Fund manager Artemis is planning to launch a new fund focused on global consumer brands.

Artemis has appointed Alex Stanic from JP Morgan Asset Management’s international equity group to a new position of head of global equities, as it revamps its global equities team.

Peter Ross Leckie, former communications director at fund manager Artemis, has been found guilty of four counts of assault.