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Neuberger Berman adds ASI veteran Adam to sales team

Reporting to Dan Marshall

Wealth 50 pick and mid-cap star Paul Spencer bows out at the top

Since 2006, when Spencer began running the fund under its previous guise as Rensburg UK Mid-Cap Growth, he has returned 439%, well ahead of the 258% from the FTSE 250 and the 124% average from UK equity funds.

Lombard Odier IM boosts thematic equities strategies with three hires

Henk Grootveld, who will lead the team, brings over twenty years' experience and expertise in thematic investment.

TISE names new Chairman of regulatory arm

The TISEA Board now comprises Mr Geffen, Adrienne Muir (also non-Executive Director), as well as Executive Directors Mark Nicol (Managing Director), Jonathan Richards and Robbie Andrade.

German asset manager expands management board

Source For Alpha had already strengthened its position with two experts in 2019: Joachim Höpcker is responsible for wealthy private clients in the areas of customer care and portfolio management.

Three senior promotions at leading offshore law

The promotions, effective from 1 January 2020, see Will Whitehead and Louise Woolrich become counsel and Arindam Madhuryya made a senior associate.

AB makes Germany push with two senior appointments

Hoffmann began transitioning to this role in 2019 and, following the new hire of Markus Rottler, can now commit fully to this role.

BNP Paribas REIM Italy SGR appoints chief investment officer

BNP Paribas REIM Italy SGR's new CIO takes on his new role after having worked for three years as head of transactions for UBS Real Estate and Private Markets.

Global law firm launches Dublin office

Leading Irish lawyers Eavan Saunders and Peter O’Brien to found the office; World's largest law firm plans to grow in Dublin quickly

Santander appoints fund selector to private banking unit

The relocation implied that five out of the ten members the team had were relocated to the offices of Santander in Madrid

Matt Hudson leaves Schroders

Performance from Hudson, then enjoying a strong run, has since been poor.

JLL appoints Calum Cowe as director in effort to build Scottish investment team

Calum Cowe has been appointed as the new director of JLL’s growing Scottish investment team.

Promotions at Hatstone's Jersey Office

Marianne has repeatedly demonstrated outstanding ability and has made a great contribution to the Jersey team and the wider Hatstone Group.

BlackRock hires in readiness for boom in fiduciary activity

Pollak has relocated to London from Israel, where he was country head for iShares, BlackRock’s exchange-traded funds arm.

Former Quilter Cheviot CEO joins IFA

Asquire director Yateev Valand said it was a “challenge” for smaller IFAs to maintain margins and keep costs low for clients and Mr Loudon’s experience would help the company grow.

Aviva Investors appoints head of client solutions

She also held management positions at Bank Vontobel, State Street, Julius Baer, Coutts and Morgan Stanley.

Deutsche aims to lure family office clients with new promotion

Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has appointed Roberto Rosati as managing director for single family offices in the UK.

Premier Oil hires Rothschild in £2bn debt battle with lenders

ARCM has built a £130m bet against Premier’s shares – believed to be one of the biggest short positions in UK history – while snapping up unwanted loans.

Bosses out after auditor RSM bungles own accounts

This is the second time that RSM’s internal accounting has tripped it up.

Clarus Capital Group poaches EM specialist from UBS

During his long career, he worked in the fixed income area first for the UBS Investment Bank, later for the asset management.

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