BNP Paribas Wealth Management has announced seven senior appointments as part of its growth plan for the Asia-Pacific region. Ivan Ching, Alex Xu, Maggie Zhang and Mandy Koo joined the China Team to tap the growing high net worth class in China market. Ching and Xu have
Read more →Kleinwort Benson has appointed former Deutsche Bank senior manager Clive Wright to the newly-created role of head of private wealth management offshore, continuing a run of recent senior hires in the company. He will be based in Jersey and report to Stephen Rothwell, head of private wealth
Read more →Friends Life, the parent company of Friends Provident International, yesterday announced the appointment of James Lai-Hing Tan as General Manager, Asia & Middle East, reporting directly to John van der Wielen, CEO International at Friends Life. Mr Tan will be based in the Hong Kong branch of
Read more →Credit Suisse has announced that Christopher Faddy has joined Credit Suisse as a Managing Director and Head of Non-Japan Asia Distribution for Asset Management. He will be based in Singapore and report to Will Britten, Asia Pacific Head of Distribution, Asset Management. Mr Faddy will lead the
Read more →Saker Nusseibeh this week became the permanent chief executive of the fund manager, following an external search process, the company said. Nusseibeh had served as interim chief executive of Hermes since November, when former chief Rupert Clarke departed after three years in charge. Nusseibeh joined Hermes in June 2009
Read more →Kleinwort Benson has hired Andrew Wheeler for the newly-created role of executive director of business development within private wealth management. Stephen Rothwell, head of private wealth management at Kleinwort Benson, said: ‘We are continuing to build a formidable private wealth management team and Andrew is a strategic appointment
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 →Fidelity Worldwide Investment has announced that John Clougherty will join as head of UK retail in June. He will report to Hugh Mullan, UK managing director. Clougherty joins from Aviva Investors UK Funds where he was chief executive and will be responsible for the Fidelity-branded funds business. Prior
Read more →Stephen Hutton will join UBS Global Asset Management as head of UK wholesale. In his new role he will report to Rob Lay, head of distribution partners Europe and Middle East at UBS. Hutton joins from Zurich where he was the head of fund group sales relationships, he
Read more →Baring Asset Management (Barings) has appointed Eric Poon to the role of regional head of institutional business, Asia ex Japan and Alexander Garton as director, client service and relationship development. Poon is based in Hong Kong and reports to Gerry Ng, chief executive officer, Asia ex Japan.
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