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FOA appoints new regulation manager

The Futures and Options Association has announced the appointment of Natasha Stromberg as Manager

New Manchester head at UK Private bank

He will be responsible for the daily management of its investment management

17,000 advisers to leave industry in 2013

Life and pensions and investment giant Standard Life has predicted that the financial advice market will shrink

LGP Makes New Appointment To Managed Fund Team

He joins from Jones Lang LaSalle (previously King Sturge) where he has spent the last eight years

Vistra Funds Services strengthens London team

It is a strategic ambition for the Vistra Group to develop a strong fund administration business, and a component of this strategy is to drive forward the acquisition of new clients in key locations such as London.

Man Group CEO to step down

He will hand over in February to chief operating officer

Barclays lines up former FSA chief for 'senior role'

The former chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, is understood to be looking at taking a senior role at Barclays.

Brown Shipley appoints head of private banking

He has worked at Brown Shipley for eight years and was recently promoted to head of private banking for the north-west.

Barclays Wealth job cuts in IFA distribution team

A spokeswoman for Barclays Wealth says: “As a result of this review strategy, a small number of employees will be impacted and we are currently looking at redeployment options.”

Newton’s head of international private clients resigns

While permanent a replacement is yet to be announced, oversight of the international private client desk will be transferred to Caroline Tye

Lyxor loses second key ETF figure in a week

His shock exit from the firm comes shortly after Hamid, who was head of ETF strategy and deputy head of ETFs Europe, left Lyxor.

Intesa Sanpaolo appoints head of domestic commercial banking division

Since 2009 he has been General Manager of the Banco Di Napoli and he will continue in this role for the time being.

ECU Group announces two senior appointments

The ECU Group has announced two further senior appointments.

Skandia UK creates new investment solutions team

Skandia in the UK, part of Old Mutual Wealth, has created a team to develop new investment solutions for UK and international business.

BlackRock appoints three to FIG Group

One joins from the life insurance firm Danica Pension.

ABN AMRO Clearing names new MD of UK business

Mr Booij joined Fortis in 2007 and was Deputy Head of Business Control at Fortis Clearing from 2008

Societe Generale SS commercial team for Southern Europe

His role is to lead SGSS’ sales and relationship management initiatives across Southern Europe, with a principal focus on Italy and Spain

Zurich restructure see loss of two department heads

Zurich announced it was cutting 200 jobs in September as part of a restructure ahead

Capco expands UK and Europe insurance team

"To stay ahead of the game, insurers' touch points with consumers need to be flexible, fast and more user-friendly."

KPMG lose 275 staff in restructuring

A spokesman said: "The numbers were lower than originally mooted because we were able to redeploy a higher than expected number of people to other positions within the firm."

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