08/27/2014
Schroders sees private bank sales head depart
Two sales executives recently left the UK asset manager, including its Asia head of private bank distribution. This continues the trend for turnover among fund sales teams.
Executive Moves
08/26/2014
Austrian finance minister Spindelegger to resign
The finance ministry had no comment on the report ahead of a snap news conference the ministry called for 0700 GMT.
08/26/2014
Artemis appoints third manager on flagship Income fund
Artemis Income is one of 11 income funds in our Citywire Selection funds list.
08/26/2014
Polar Capital hires L&G's Rushton for UK absolute return launch
Polar Capital has hired L&G Investment Management's Guy Rushton to launch an absolute return fund for the boutique.
08/26/2014
BNP Adds Deutsche Hedge-Fund Sales Director
A Deutsche Bank, which he joined in 2010, O’Connor helped built the commodity-index product sales desk, targeting hedge funds and other investors.
08/25/2014
Romanian state nominates member of the Rothschild family for Electrica’s board
The election of the new board is very important as the state wants to make an example out of Electrica for future majority privatizations of state owned companies though the capital market.
08/25/2014
St James’s Place Wealth Management appoints client relations manager
As a finance expert who has worked in the industry for nearly 30 years, Mr Geddes provides advice on retirement planning, savings and investment.
08/25/2014
Standard Life expands European Business team with two new appointments
Standard Life Investments, the global asset manager, today announced two new appointments to its European Business team, and the opening of a new office in Stockholm
08/24/2014
Santander UK hires boosts team with Schroders hire
She will work on the firm's three Euro credit mutual funds - Euro Corporate Short Term, Euro Corporate and Renta Fija Privada.
08/24/2014
Artemis appoints third co-manager on £6.7bn Income fund
Artemis said veteran investor Frost has no plans to retirement and the appointment is purely recognition of Shenton's input and a reflection of the additional resource the company wants to put behind its flagship fund.
08/22/2014
Aviva Said to Hire Lloyds’s Diebel for Fixed-Income
Aviva Plc fund-management arm hired Charles Diebel from Lloyds Banking Group Plc as head of fixed income strategy
08/22/2014
Hermes names fixed income head in newly created role
Hermes Fund Managers has taken on the founder of New Bond Street Asset Management for the newly-created position of fixed income head, as the asset manager looks to expand in the debt markets.
08/22/2014
LV promotes Blanchard for strategic accounts
Alex Blanchard has been promoted to strategic account manager at LV Broker looking after accounts including Swinton, A-Plan, Coversure, Europa Group and Esure.
08/22/2014
Private Wealth Management division looses London boss & global discretionary head
London boss and global head of discretionary portfolio management have both left the company.
08/22/2014
FTI Consulting Appoints Managing Director of Public Affairs in London
He brings more than 10 years of experience in public affairs to FTI Consulting
08/21/2014
Norges Bank Investment Management restructures investment departments
NBIM is also setting up a separate leader group for real estate
08/21/2014
JP Morgan targets hedge funds and SWFs in new sales push
JP Morgan has set up a dedicated equities salesforce in London to serve its hedge fund clients and sovereign wealth funds, as part of the bank's push to become a top three cash equities house globally.
08/21/2014
New Banking CIO for Danish Pension
PFA Pension provides pension and retirement benefits for individuals and corporate entities in Denmark.
08/21/2014
Hargreave Hale expands investment team with Killik hire
McKeown had been working as a private client manager at Killik & Co since 2008, responsible for high net worth clients, charities, and trusts.
08/21/2014
BDO adds two to forensics team
Gavin Williamson and Cathie Cameron have taken the roles respectively in the London-based function, with Williamson joining from Deloitte, while Cameron ran her own consulting business in the US.