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13 Oct 2006 07:01

Charlemagne Capital Limited13 October 2006 13 October 2006 Charlemagne Capital Charlemagne Capital appoints Vicky Kydoniefs as Head of Consultant Relationships Charlemagne Capital Limited, the specialist emerging markets equity investmentmanagement group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vicky Kydoniefs asHead of Consultant Relationships. Vicky has extensive experience in the institutional investment management field.Before joining Charlemagne Capital, she was with Merrill Lynch InvestmentManagers ("MLIM") in London for 12 years, most recently as Head of UK & IrishInstitutional Business Development. Prior to that she was in charge of thecompany's relationships and sales effort with a number of key consultant firms.Vicky started her career in 1986 with SG Warburg, whose investment managementbusiness was subsequently acquired by MLIM. Julian Mayo, Investment Director commented: "Vicky is widely respected in the pension fund and broader institutional marketplace, an area of increasing importance to Charlemagne Capital. Much of thisbusiness is driven by consultants, an area where she is particularly strong.Vicky will also help us establish best practice in pitching for institutionalbusiness and is an important addition to our team." Enquiries: Charlemagne Capital Tel. 020 7518 2100Julian Mayo, Investment Director Smithfield Consultants Tel. 020 7360 4900John KielyGeorge Hudson Notes to Editors: Charlemagne Capital is a specialist emerging markets equity investmentmanagement group. Charlemagne Capital Limited was admitted to the AIM market ofthe London Stock Exchange on 4 April 2006. Charlemagne's product range comprises mutual funds, hedge funds andinstitutional and specialist fund products primarily covering GEMs, EasternEurope, Latin America and Asia. Charlemagne Capital employs a range ofinvestment strategies including: long only, long/short, structured products andprivate equity. Charlemagne Capital's funds aim to exploit the inefficiencies inthe market via a strict bottom up approach and focused stock selection. Through the strong long-term investment performance track record of itsprincipal funds, Charlemagne Capital has established itself as a market leaderin emerging markets investment management. Its performance has been recognisedthrough numerous awards and top rankings for its funds, including the 2005Standard and Poor's 5-year best performing fund award in Austria, the 2006 SwissLipper Leaders 5-year award winner for Emerging Markets Europe and an AAA-ratingby Standard & Poor's for its Magna Eastern European Fund (a sub-fund of MagnaUmbrella Fund Plc). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange