General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> October 13, 2003
Rajiv Jain is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the International Equity Group of
Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., and holds the titles of Managing Director and
Senior Vice President. He joined Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., in November
1994 as an equity Analyst and Associate Portfolio Manager of its international
equity portfolios. He was appointed Vice President in January 1998 and First
Vice President in January 2000. In February 2002, he was promoted to Senior Vice
President and assumed primary responsibility for the international equity
product. He is responsible for the research effort and portfolio construction
for non-US equity portfolios. Prior to joining Vontobel he worked as an Analyst
with Swiss Bank Corporation in New York. Prior to that, he managed a private
trust for international investors in Florida. From 1989 to 1990 he worked as an
export executive for Indo Rama Synthetics (I) Ltd., Delhi, where he was
responsible for currency hedging operations. In 1987 he graduated with a
Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree from Panjab University, India. He then
received in 1989 his Master's in Finance degree from the University of Ajmer,
India. In 1990 he received his post-graduate diploma in International Marketing
from the Delhi School of Economics, India and later received his MBA degree from
the University of Miami in 1993. Profile
international equities at Vontobel Asset Management and the
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