Allianz Global Investors has appointed Andy Wiggins head of institutional business in the UK. Wiggins joins from Threadneedle where he was head of UK institutional client relationships. Prior that he was director of client relations at AllianceBernstein and also spent eight years as a principal at Mercer.
Read more →Philip Dicken, manager of the Threadneedle Pan European Smaller Companiesfund, has upped exposure to discount broker Hargreaves Lansdown, arguing the company can navigate headwinds created by the retail distribution review (RDR). Dicken, who heads the European equities desk, has taken advantage of the recent market rally to sell into
Read more →Threadneedle, has appointed Moira Gorman in the new role of Client Relationship Director with dedicated responsibility for Local Authority clients. Moira reports to Andrew Nicoll, Global Head of Client Service. Moira will take responsibility for developing Threadneedle’s relationships with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) clients in the UK, bringing
Read more →Interesting article in Wealth Manager today reporting that Standard Life has struck a deal with 12 fund groups (G12) to market them more heavily to advisers. Wealth Manager understands that Standard Life already has the deal in place with the 12 groups, but is set to go
Read more →Postcards from London – New Media/ Digital Marketing, RDR, and Sales Reward Reflections – May 2012 Just arrived back into a cold and wet Melbourne off the back of two and a half weeks in London. This is the first ‘postcard’ in a series of reflections from
Read more →Four major fund houses have joined forces with technology provider IFDS to white-label enhanced on-line propositions for their existing direct customers ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). Schroders, Threadneedle, Jupiter and Henderson want to provide more tools for clients to manage their investments online so they have approached
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