Sven Richter becomes a Renaissance man

Sven Richter becomes a Renaissance man

Renaissance Asset Managers has appointed Sven Richter as managing director, head of frontier markets. Richter joins from Franklin Templeton’s emerging markets group, where he managed a number of funds and also launched two of Templeton’s frontier market strategies.

At Templeton, where he worked for two decades, Richter was also responsible for research in Africa, with a focus on the commodities sector.

Richter will be the first to fill this newly created position, managing several emerging