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Succession acquires two member IFAs

Wealth management group and consolidator Succession has acquired two of its member IFA firms for £3m, as it seeks to reach £7bn of assets by 2017.

Barclays has lost another senior member of its mortgage team

Green and Gillam’s exit follows the departure of managing director for intermediaries David Finlay in March

Sberbank Investment Research adds FX & Rates Chief Strategist to award-winning team

He will report to Alexander Kudrin, Head of Fixed Income Research, Managing Director.

Invesco’s Anness to get co-manager on Global Opps fund

Invesco Perpetual has promoted Andrew Hall to the role of fund manager on the group’s Global Opportunities fund run by Stephen Anness.

Allianz GI appoints institutional business director from Blackrock

He brings 15 years of experience to the position, and started out as a fund administrator at Rothschild Asset Management.

Berne Union announces appointment of Secretary General

The Berne Union International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers is pleased to announce the appointment of Kai Preugschat as the new Secretary General of the association.

Ex-Icap heavyweight joins board of fintech firm

The former chief executive of Icap’s post-trade risk business has been appointed as chairman of the board of Duco, a young financial technology company that helps banks outsource reconciliation services.

BNP Paribas Real Estate appoints Birmingham head

The niche office leasing and investment agency business then merged with property management company Phoenix Beard in 2010.

Societe Generale Private Banking appoints head of Investment Strategy

He will also be responsible for involving the portfolio management teams

NewSmith unveils ‘key hire’ to attract retail cash

London-based boutique makes sales hire as it continues moves to increase retail footprint.

Bank of China Hiring 20 in Frankfurt in Yuan Clearing Bid

The appointment of a clearing bank is the next step in Frankfurt’s goal to become a leading offshore yuan hub after the Bundesbank and the People’s Bank of China agreed March 28 to cooperate in the clearing and settling of the Chinese currency

Carmignac makes triple appointment in Germany

Roland Schmidt will also join the company as head of wholesale business development for Germany and Austria in July

Attivo makes double senior hire

We are really pleased to have them on board and confident that our growing client base will reap considerable benefit from their appointments

Standard Chartered to Name Global Compliance Chief

Appointment of John Cusack Is Bank's Latest Move to Boost Financial Crime Unit

Francis Maude brings Investec boss and angel investor onto Big Lottery Fund board

Cabinet Officer minister Francis Maude has appointed three new board members to the Big Lottery Fund, the body that distributes money raised by the National Lottery.

AJ Bell appoints group compliance officer

Prior to Skandia he held a similar role with Bankhall.

European equities chief quits Lombard Odier

Their best-known offering is the Lombard Odier European High Conviction Fund which looks after $770 million. The team started running a Global High Conviction Fund at the start of this year.

Euronext's UK exchange bolsters board

A former deputy chief executive of Renaissance Capital and an ex-chairman at Lyxor Asset Management are among four new board at appointments at Euronext's London stock exchange market, according to UK Companies House filings.

UBS appoints new global head of cash equities

He will be relocating from Sydney to London

Julius Baer appoints UK head of relationship management

Building sustainable organic growth through the hiring of relationship managers is one of the key points of the firm’s long-term growth strategy.

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