ABN Amro Asset Management, the funds arm of the Netherlands bank, has appointed a new head of investment strategy, Richard Duncan, whose book on the world economy made the global top 10 bestsellers list on Amazon.com three years ago.

Duncan, who has been promoted from senior investment analyst for ABN Amro Asset Management in Hong Kong, also previously worked as an economist at the World Bank from 1998 to 2000. He joined ABN Amro in 2003.