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Vanguard names Sean Hagerty as European chief

World's second largest fund manager to install two-decade veteran in role as John James returns to the US

Vanguard, the world’s second-largest asset manager, has put a new executive in charge of of its $116 billion European business for the second time in about 18 months.

The $3.5 trillion manager announced in a statement on September 29 that company veteran Sean Hagerty, a principal and global head of its portfolio review department, will move from the US to the UK later this year to take control of its European business.

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