The IMA has reshuffled its board, swapping senior representatives from Newton, Lazard and Aviva Investors for others from Fidelity, LGIM, Henderson and Aberdeen. Hugh Mullan, UK managing director at Fidelity, who this week was named responsible for Fidelity FundsNetwork following the departure of David White, is one
Read more →Henderson Global Investors is launching clean-fee RDR share classes across its fund range from August 1. The share classes will carry an annual management charge net of any fee payable to financial advisers or fund platforms. On a typical equity fund, the clean share class will have
Read more →Rob Page is the new head of marketing and communications at Hermes Fund Managers and will take up his position in September, having recently resigned his partnership at Ardevora. Page has previously worked at Hill Samuel before senior roles with Barings, New Star and Ignis before joining
Read more →Neuberger Berman has hired former Skandia Investment Group head of global marketing Rob Swan, as senior vice president and head of international marketing. Swan will oversee the Neuberger Berman marketing programmes and initiatives in Europe and Asia in his new role, reporting to head of Europe, Middle
Read more →Interesting article in Wealth Manager today reporting that Standard Life has struck a deal with 12 fund groups (G12) to market them more heavily to advisers. Wealth Manager understands that Standard Life already has the deal in place with the 12 groups, but is set to go
Read more →Postcards from London – New Media/ Digital Marketing, RDR, and Sales Reward Reflections – May 2012 Just arrived back into a cold and wet Melbourne off the back of two and a half weeks in London. This is the first ‘postcard’ in a series of reflections from
Read more →Henderson Global Investors, has hired Rob Adams to spearhead its investment management business in Australia. The development of a pure funds management business in Australia is part of Henderson’s strategy to grow its footprint in high-value markets in the Asia Pacific region, including China, Japan and Australia.
Read more →Four major fund houses have joined forces with technology provider IFDS to white-label enhanced on-line propositions for their existing direct customers ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). Schroders, Threadneedle, Jupiter and Henderson want to provide more tools for clients to manage their investments online so they have approached
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