Columbia Threadneedle rejigs equity team as head retires

US asset manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments is reshuffling its senior fund management team in Singapore, partly under the direction of Ng Soo Nam, global head of Asian equities. The firm will announce today that Vanessa Donegan, London-based head of Asian equities for Europe, will retire after 35 years in fund management, 32 of which she has spent with Columbia Threadneedle and its predecessor firms. In January this year, Columbia Threadneedle brought together its two reg…