MetLife has appointed former TAL head of customer service and operations Luke Banfield as its new chief operating officer. Banfield replaces Michael Henderson, who has left the company. MetLife has also appointed Tim Tez to the newly-created role of chief product and marketing officer. Tez was previously
Read more →BT Financial group has appointed a former Financial Services Council (FSC) executive to the role of key account manager in its adviser distribution team. Former Financial Services Council (FSC) senior manager of policy and advice Cecilia Storniolo has been appointed key account manager for New South Wales
Read more →BT Investment Management has appointed long-term Macquarie executive Andrew Mouat as its new business development manager for institutional clients. Reporting to head of sales and marketing Chris Clayton, Mouat will be responsible for marketing and servicing institutional clients including superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies.
Read more →PIMCO has named former Macquarie division director Adrian Stewart as its new Australian country head. Based in Sydney, he starts in the role on August 11. He will be responsible for leading PIMCO’s business in Australia, including serving the firm’s institutional and wealth management clients. The announcement
Read more →Pimco has appointed a new managing director to oversee operations in the Asia Pacific including Australia. Eric Mogelof will have management oversight responsibility for the firm’s business in Asia Pacific, including Pimco’s Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo offices. He will report to Douglas Hodge, Managing Director and PIMCO’s
Read more →AXA Investment Managers has appointed Simon Flood as head of its business in Asia Pacific including Japan. Flood succeeds Jean-Pierre Leoni, and will take over on August 1 and be based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining AXA IM, Flood was chief investment officer at asset management
Read more →RWC – The investment management firm has appointed Matteo Cianfoni and Roderick Loffler to its sales team. Cianfoni was responsible for Italian sales at GLG, and has previously held roles at Morgan Stanley. Loffler has been at RWC for three years, and joins the sales team from
Read more →Nordea Investment Funds S.A. has announced that its Head of Fund Distribution and Managing Director as of September 1 is Christophe Girondel. In commenting on the appointment of Christophe Girondel, Jhon Mortensen, Nordea’s Head of International Wealth Management and Funds, said: “Our focus remains on ensuring that Nordea
Read more →Newton Investment Management has appointed Julian Lyne as Head of Global Consultant Relations. Julian will be responsible for the direct oversight of Newton’s institutional consultant relations effort across EMEA, North America and Asia-Pacific. Lyne joins Newton from F&C Investments, where he was Head of Global Consultant and
Read more →First State Investments has made a number of senior appointments to its institutional team in Europe. Chris Gower has taken on an expanded role as head of client & consultant relations, EMEA. Gower will continue to report to Kanesh Lakhani, head of distribution for EMEA and global
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