Rob Page is the new head of marketing and communications at Hermes Fund Managers and will take up his position in September, having recently resigned his partnership at Ardevora. Page has previously worked at Hill Samuel before senior roles with Barings, New Star and Ignis before joining
Read more →Kleinwort Benson has appointed Malcolm Roberts as a managing director of its private wealth management business. He will join Kleinwort in October, reporting to Stephen Rothwell, head of private wealth management. Roberts has an extensive track record in discretionary management and brings with him to Kleinwort 10 years
Read more →Fishtank Solutions created CompareSMSF an on-line community in 2007. The market focus of this initiative, Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) represents one of the most strategically significant segments of the Australian retirement savings market. One of Australia’s largest financial services companies, AMP, has recently made two significant announcements regarding
Read more →Aberdeen Asset Management has announced the hire of Georgina Pardoe as group head of UK wholesale marketing, joining from Neptune Investment Management. Pardoe will report to Rob Sanders, Aberdeen’s Pan European head of marketing, from early autumn. Neptune says Pardoe is not being replaced and the marketing
Read more →Man Group Plc has named Tim Peach as managing director and head of its operations in Asia Pacific. Peach Replaces Tim Rainsford, Man’s previous managing director for the region. Rainsford has moved to London from Hong Kong as head of European sales for the firm. Peach, who
Read more →Over the next three years, Australian investment group Perpetual will embark on a transformation strategy that will significantly simplify its corporate structure, refocus its operational activities and capture new opportunities for growth. The Company will be reshaped as a large independent boutique wealth manager that will best leverage
Read more →L&G Investments is considering risk-rating its multi-manager range, which consists of the £249m Multi-Manager Growth Trust, £231m Multi-Manager Income Trust and £31m Multi-Manager Balanced Trust funds. It is the latest firm to look at risk-profiling its funds. Schroders says it is considering risk-rating some managed funds while
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 →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 →Man Group plc (“Man”) has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of FRM Holdings Limited (Financial Risk Management “FRM”), a global hedge fund research and investment specialist with funds under management of approximately $8.0 billion. Man will integrate FRM with its multi-manager business. Man and
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