Darren Bustin is to join Schroders Solutions on 1 September 2022, in the newly created role as head of Schroders Solutions Capabilities.
Bustin brings over 15 years of investment experience to Schroders Solutions, having specialised in derivative investment overlays and derivatives trading at Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) where he spent more than a decade, most recently as head of derivatives.
While at RLAM, he worked closely with institutional asset owners across pensions and insurance, helping them manage their risk exposures and implement strategies to exploit market opportunities.
Bustin will report to James Barham, executive chairman of Schroders Solutions. He will work closely with Schroders Solutions investment specialists across fixed income, structured equity and derivatives to try and design, develop and enhance existing products and solutions, as well as to create new solutions to meet the changing needs of existing and potential clients.
Barham said, “I am delighted that Darren Bustin is joining the team. Schroders Solutions is a global business, dedicated to delivering outcomes for a wide range of clients and their increasingly complex needs. In the UK specifically, we have the capabilities and resources to help a wide range of institutional clients across insurance, defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes, both large and small. Darren’s market-leading expertise and experience will accelerate our ability to address our clients investment and governance challenges.”