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Ex Kleinwort Benson compliance head joins Brown Shipley

Former Kleinwort Benson group head of compliance, Cain will sit on the board of directors and will have overall responsibility for compliance, risk management and legal affairs.

D Harris + Company hedge fund team joins Mcfarlanes

The team specialises in complex swaps, prime brokerage and synthetic financing arrangements working for many of the largest European and US hedge funds, some of which are already clients of Macfarlanes.

ANZ appoints COO for Asia-Pacific, Europe and US

Iyer’s appointment will be effective on January 30. He will be based in Singapore.

Schroders strengthens multi-asset team

He previously worked at Redington as co-head of asset liability management and investment strategy.

PwC appoints new corporate finance partner

Burns joins PwC from Booz & Co, where he led their aviation industry sector team across a range of disciplines. He has over 18 years experience in aviation transactions and consultancy roles in the Big 4 and QinetiQ. Burns is experienced in M&A,

Barclays Wealth appoints for Channels Islands group

The new appointments, a combination of external recruitment and internal promotion are: Angus Findlay, relationship manager, Alex Clark Hutchison, relationship director, Rachel Gosling, relationship support manager and Stephen Gibson, account executive.

Charlemagne Capital appoints joint chief investment officer‎

He worked at Schroders in 1984, before moving to Robert Fleming in 1986.

London‐based wealth manager targets US clients with two senior‐level appointments

Maseco targets US clients in the UK

Respected veteran banker named chair of new merchant bank

He joins Heritage Capital UK after its senior management team agreed a management buyout from Banque Heritage, a Geneva-based banking group.

RBS’s Ulster said to plan job cuts

Dublin-based Ulster Bank Ltd., which eliminated 1,000 jobs in 2009, or about one-seventh of its workforce, plans to make an announcement tomorrow as its Edinburgh-based parent also unveils restructuring measures, said the people, who declined to be identi

UK Asset Manager hires governance and responsible investment head

Richards will oversee a team comprising Cathrine De Coninck-Smith, governance and responsible investment analyst, and Fionnuala O’Grady, junior governance and responsible investment analyst.

HSBC taps CEO for French unit

Christophe de Backer, CEO of HSBC France, will be leaving the Group after 21 years of service to join the Edmond de Rothschild Group.

OECD taps key executive

Ms. de Ruiter will provide strategic leadership and analytical input to the Centre's work on transfer pricing, tax treaties and financial transactions.

Brewin Dolphin makes four senior London-based hires

Advisory and wealth management firm hires four new senior executives in financial planning and charity investment management.

KPMG Appoints New Head Of UK Northwest Private Client Group

In his new role he will focus on growing KPMG’s private client practice, concentrating on the region’s leading entrepreneurs and family firms.

Rathbones expands Liverpool office with PSigma hire

joins a team of 16 investment managers who currently manage around £1.5 billion of private clients, charity and trust assets.

Oddo AM appoints new CEO‎

He will replace Guido Mundt who oversaw Oddo & Cie's takeover of Banque d’Orsay in August 2010.

North west head of private banking role created at Brown Shipley‎

He has spent seven years at the private bank and has more than 12 years’ investment management experience, is based in the Manchester office and will report to managing director Ian Sackfield.

LLB appoints new CEO as long-standing boss quits

LLB also said it was creating the new position of chief financial officer, which would be filled by Christoph Reich, head of group finance and risk since November 2010.

UK wealth firm rolls out key appointment

Jim Roberts, 60, has more than 30 years' experience in the financial services industry and brings with him extensive expertise in the retail investment market.

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