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 →The latest Fishtank Social Media research across the UK Wealth Management industry continues to show that brands underestimate the size of the opportunity that new media represents, and the appetite that exists across these communities for relevant ‘non-partisan’ information (content). During the 3 months between November 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
Read more →Standard Life will pay £390 million for Ignis including regulatory capital. The consideration will be settled in cash from Standard Life group’s existing internal resources. The transaction is expected to be completed on or before 30 June 2014. According to the Sunday Times Canadian bank RBC and
Read more →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 →Barclays Wealth is the first UK Wealth and Investment Management Brand whose ‘Own’ Social Media assets now exceed one million pounds. The Brand achieved this significant milestone toward the end of the 2013 year. Fidelity UK have the second most valuable portfolio of Own Social Media Assets,
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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 →As the post-RDR charging landscape begins to emerge, it is reasonable to ask whether the FCA has done its job and lowered the cost of investing. Equally, if it has not lowered the cost, then has it at least made it more transparent? In the old model,
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