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16 JUNE 2009
RECORDΒ PLC
BOARD CHANGE
Record, the specialist currency investment manager, today announces that Peter Wakefield, Chief Operating Officer, will leave the Board and the Company on 28thΒ August 2009 to pursue other interests outside Financial Services. His responsibilities will be split between the Chief Financial Officer, Paul Sheriff and the Chief Investment Officer, Bob Noyen.
Neil Record, Chairman and Chief Executive of Record plc, commented: "On behalf of everyone at Record I would like to thank Peter Wakefield for his contribution to the business over 10 years. Peter joined Record in 1999, and quickly became expert in all our currency products, building strong relationships with investment consultants and clients. He led the development of the pooled funds and was a key part of the IPO team in 2007."
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Record plcΒ |
Tel: +44 (0) 1753 852 222 |
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Neil Record |
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Paul Sheriff |
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HogarthΒ |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7357 9477 |
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Nick Denton |
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Julian Walker |
Β Β Notes to Editors
Record plc
Record is a specialist currency investment manager and provider of currency hedging services for institutional clients. Founded in 1983, Record has established a market leading position as a currency asset manager. Specifically, the Group has a leading position in managing currency forΒ AbsoluteΒ Return for institutional clients.
The Group has three principal product lines:
currency forΒ AbsoluteΒ Return, in which Record enters into currency contracts for clients with the objective of generating positive returns;
active hedging, where Record seeks to eliminate the impact of currency movements on elements of clients' investment portfolios that are denominated in foreign currencies when these movements are expected to result in an economic loss to the client, but not to do so when they are expected to result in an economic gain; and
passive hedging, where Record seeks to eliminate fully the economic impact of currency movements on elements of clients' investment portfolios that are denominated in foreign currencies.
Record (LSE: REC) wasΒ admitted to tradingΒ on the London Stock Exchange onΒ 3rdΒ DecemberΒ 2007.
This announcement includes information with respect to Record's financial condition, its results of operations and business, strategy, plans and objectives. All statements in this document, other than statements of historical fact, including words such as "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates", "may", "will", "continue", "project" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements.Β
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of the Company's future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause the actual future results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements.Β
The forward-looking statements contained in this document are based on numerous assumptions regarding Record's present and future business and strategy and speak only as at the date of this announcement.
The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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