Junkin named lead manager at Evergreen

Robert Junkin joined Evergreen Investments as a managing director and lead portfolio manager of the $332 million Evergreen Health Care fund, said spokesman Dan Flaherty. Mr. Junkin takes over the fund from Walter McCormick, senior portfolio manager and head of Evergreen’s large-cap value and core equity group, who was interim portfolio manager since September when previous manager Liu-Er Chen left the firm. Mr. Junkin had been a portfolio manager with John Hancock Financial Services, where he was lead manager of the $227 million John Hancock Health Sciences fund and co-manager of the $643 million John Hancock Large Cap Equity Fund. John Hancock spokeswoman Beth McGoldrick wasn’t immediately available for comment.