F&C Investments has announced an expansion of its UK retail distribution team, to position the team for growth in the year ahead. The re-organisation of the team’s structure and focus, led by Rob Thorpe, head of Consumer at F&C Investments, will seek to build on the team’s
Read more →Hermes Fund Managers (Hermes) has announced the appointment of Jennifer Stillman as director at Consultant Relations. Based in London, she will report into Harriet Steel, global head of Business Development. Stillman has 16 years investment management experience, and was previously the head of Business Development for Nightscape
Read more →JP Morgan Asset Management has redesigned its sales capability in response to RDR to create a new global relationship management team that reports to the head of UK funds, Jasper Berens. Andrew Larkin has been named as head of JP Morgan AM’s brand new global strategic relationships
Read more →Aviva Investors has appointed Friends Life chief investment officer Mark Versey as director of client solutions. Versey will take up the role in January and report to incoming chief executive Euan Munro. Munro departed Standard Life Investments in July to take up the role. Versey was at
Read more →UBS Global Asset Management chief executive and chairman John Fraser is set to retire from the firm at the end of the year. Fraser has been with the group since 1993, joining Swiss Bank Corporation in Australia before it merged with Union Bank of Switzerland in 1998
Read more →Edward Bonham Carter is to stand down as group chief executive next March and will be replaced in the role by Maarten Slendebroek. Bonham Carter, who has been at Jupiter for nearly 20 years, will remain with the group in an executive capacity as vice chairman, reporting
Read more →Morningstar Investment Management has appointed Simon Ewan as managing director for operations in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. His duties will include client management, marketing and business development for Morningstar’s investment management and consulting operations. Ewan will report to Morningstar Investment Management global chief investment
Read more →Over 100 days into the integration of the Schroders and Cazenove private client divisions, head of wealth management Andrew Ross says that with a unified management structure now in place, he is confident the enlarged entity can become the ‘pre-eminent wealth manager in the UK and Channel
Read more →NewSmith Asset Management has appointed Matthew Wright as partner and head of UK and European distribution. Formerly head of UK distribution at Carmignac Gestion, one of Europe’s largest asset managers, the appointment is part of NewSmith’s continued development following SuMi Trust’s investment in its parent company, NewSmith
Read more →Rachel Lord has swapped a corporate equity derivatives job with Citigroup to become head of iShares, Europe, the Middle East and Africa with incumbent Joe Linhares returning to the US for a brand new role. After three years as head of iShares EMEA, Linhares is to return
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