Aberdeen Asset Management has announced the hire of Georgina Pardoe as group head of UK wholesale marketing, joining from Neptune Investment Management. Pardoe will report to Rob Sanders, Aberdeen’s Pan European head of marketing, from early autumn. Neptune says Pardoe is not being replaced and the marketing
Read more →Threadneedle, has appointed Moira Gorman in the new role of Client Relationship Director with dedicated responsibility for Local Authority clients. Moira reports to Andrew Nicoll, Global Head of Client Service. Moira will take responsibility for developing Threadneedle’s relationships with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) clients in the UK, bringing
Read more →Fergus McCarthy appointed Sales Director for UK strategic partnerships at Investec Asset Management.
Fergus McCarthy has been appointed as sales director for UK strategic partnerships at Investec Asset Management. McCarthy has previously worked for Martin Currie, Jupiter and Axa Investment Managers. David Aird, managing director for UK client group at Investec, says “RDR will bring us many opportunities in the independent and
Read more →Man Group Plc has named Tim Peach as managing director and head of its operations in Asia Pacific. Peach Replaces Tim Rainsford, Man’s previous managing director for the region. Rainsford has moved to London from Hong Kong as head of European sales for the firm. Peach, who
Read more →The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has launched an RDR website to help members develop their post RDR business model. The Complete Business website will provide firms with guidance to work through three stages of RDR readiness. The first stage helps advisers to comply with the mandatory standards
Read more →Over the next three years, Australian investment group Perpetual will embark on a transformation strategy that will significantly simplify its corporate structure, refocus its operational activities and capture new opportunities for growth. The Company will be reshaped as a large independent boutique wealth manager that will best leverage
Read more →Skandia Investment Group and Old Mutual Asset Managers UK have appointed Warren Tonkinson as the global head of distribution. The appointment follows the recent decision by Old Mutual to merge the asset management businesses. The merged businesses will be headed by Old Mutual Asset Managers UK chief
Read more →JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has announced the intention to combine its multi-asset capabilities across its investment management and private banking businesses into a new group called Asset Management Solutions. The group, which will manage more than $100 bill globally will be led by Seth Bernstein who
Read more →L&G Investments is considering risk-rating its multi-manager range, which consists of the £249m Multi-Manager Growth Trust, £231m Multi-Manager Income Trust and £31m Multi-Manager Balanced Trust funds. It is the latest firm to look at risk-profiling its funds. Schroders says it is considering risk-rating some managed funds while
Read more →Unigestion has announced the appointment of Frances Smyth as Director, Institutional Clients, United Kingdom. Frances Smyth has more than 16 years experience working in the UK institutional market in both business development and research capacities most recently, at AllianceBernstein, where she was Director, Client Relations, responsible for the
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