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 →Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed Hugh Mullan as its new head of FundsNetwork to replace David White who has left the company. Mullan will continue to also be head of Fidelity’s UK defined contribution and retail business. White has left Fidelity after 10 years and was most recently responsible for developing FundsNetwork’s unbundled
Read more →Janus Capital International has appointed Karen Bennett as its head of marketing and communications for its non-US business. Bennett joins from Aegon Asset Management where she headed up its global corporate communications. In her new role, Bennett will be responsible for covering the Janus European, Middle Eastern
Read more →Richard Parkhouse has joined the professional advisory firm following the acquisition by PwC of PRPi Consulting, the company he founded. Parkhouse has over 30 years’ experience in human resources consultancy, and focuses particularly on the healthcare, airline, distribution and financial sectors. Prior to PRPi Parkhouse served as
Read more →The CEO of fund management group Jupiter has said the significant disruption facing platform business models in the run-up to implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will lead to consolidation in the space. Speaking to Investment Week, Edward Bonham Carter said that, while increased pricing pressure on asset
Read more →RSA has confirmed that Cofunds’ head of commercial Russell Lancaster has been appointed as distribution director for its UK commercial business. Mr Lancaster will assume his role in early September and will report to Chris Sime, director of sales and strategic relationships.He will focus on RSA’s distribution
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 →Kleinwort Benson has appointed Malcolm Roberts as a managing director of its private wealth management business. He will join Kleinwort in October, reporting to Stephen Rothwell, head of private wealth management. Roberts has an extensive track record in discretionary management and brings with him to Kleinwort 10 years
Read more →Ignis Asset Management has named Jeremy Soutter as global head of product development, reporting to global distribution head Claude Chene. Soutter will join Ignis from next month and was previously global head of products at Aviva, before leaving in April among a number of changes at Aviva’s asset
Read more →Pioneer Investments has appointed Brian Clay as head of its UK wholesale business as part of its ongoing work to increase its presence. The role will see Clay build relationships between the Boston-based asset manager and UK distribution networks, multi-managers and discretionary managers. He will be based
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