01/21/2015
Scottish Widows to hire 400 staff to cope with pensions push
Scottish Widows will hire 400 extra staff to cope with the upcoming pension freedoms as it expects three times the normal volume of customer engagement from the 'April surge'.
Executive Moves
01/21/2015
RBS Middle East Debt Markets Head Keijzer Said to Leave
His departure follows the hiring of two RBS corporate bankers in Dubai by Barclays Plc, people with knowledge of the matter said in November.
01/21/2015
Kames Capital appoints Peter Ball as director of its institutional business
Kames Capital has recently made a significant breakthrough in the UK pension fund market.
01/21/2015
GFT expands specialist business consultancy with Stephen Pigott
Stephen brings over 25 years of experience within financial services
01/21/2015
Former Egg strategy head joins Rathbones' board
Egg's former business development and strategy head Sarah Gentleman has joined Rathbones as a non-executive director
01/21/2015
Pacific Assets Trust Chairman To Retire, Replaced By James Williams
The annual meeting is scheduled for June 24.
01/21/2015
James Hay finance chief to step down
James Hay Partnership’s chief financial officer John Watson is set to leave the firm at the end of the first quarter
01/20/2015
Tilney Bestinvest appoints head of planning in south west
Tilney Bestinvest has appointed Richard Stones as a director in its financial planning division, responsible for a the south west and Wales
01/20/2015
Eversheds appoints renowned compliance expert in Madrid
Law firm Eversheds has announced the appointment of Maria Hernández, who has joined the Madrid office as a Partner, bolstering the firm’s Global Compliance and Crisis Management team.
01/20/2015
New Managing Director at Enhance
He has been director at the Enhance Group since July 2014.
01/20/2015
Exotix CEO Steps Down After 18 Months
Executive Chairman Ivan Ritossa will continue to be executive chairman and will help with the CEO functions, the bank said.
01/20/2015
ADCB Appoints Head of London Representative Office
The announcement marks ADCB 's ambitious stride towards building an increasingly international and cross-border presence and supporting the deep financial linkages between UK and the UAE.
01/20/2015
Greetham leaves Fidelity after nine years
Fidelity’s Trevor Greetham is leaving his asset allocation director role to “pursue other opportunities” after nine years with the firm.
01/20/2015
Amundi recruits a new Head of Equity Strategies in its Alternative Investments arm
She reports to François-Regis Bocqueraz, Global Head of Hedge Fund Manager Relations and Selection.
01/20/2015
LaSalle IM names European chief investment officer
LaSalle Investment Management has promoted Andy Watson to CIO for Continental Europe.
01/19/2015
French Duncan hires financial services chief
He is also a former wealth adviser for Towry and assistant regional director for Baker Tilly Financial Services.
01/19/2015
Flagship Barings fund appoints its fourth manager
Barings has had to hand its flagship emerging markets fund to its fourth manager in as many years after recent hire Staffan Lindfeldt left the group
01/19/2015
Square Mile hires JPM's Farquhar
Jamie will help maintain this momentum as we broaden our relationship with consulting clients
01/19/2015
Société Générale splitting chairman and chief’s roles
Société Générale has split the roles of chairman and chief executive as required by European law, appointing the Italian economist Lorenzo Bini Smaghi to chair the French bank’s board of directors while Fréd&ea
01/19/2015
AIB’s Duffy to Leave to Be CEO of NAB’s Clydesdale Bank Unit
David Duffy will step down as chief executive officer at Allied Irish Banks Plc as the government starts the process of selling the state-owned lender.