12/05/2012
Raiffeisen eyes 470 job cuts in Poland after merger
Raiffeisen Bank International plans to cut around 470 jobs in Poland by the end of 2015 after merging banking unit there, the Austrian lender said on Wednesday.
Executive Moves
12/05/2012
Ex-Principal boss Titcomb to exit Sanlam
The news comes after Principal parent Sanlam opted to merge the firm with its other wealth subsidiary Merchant Securities under the Sanlam Private Investments UK (SPI) name in September.
12/04/2012
Former FSA chief in talks to join Deloitte
The former chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, is in talks to join accountancy firm Deloitte as a partner less than six months after quitting his post as Britain’s top regulator.
12/04/2012
New hires boost Dominion Funds UK sales force
Both will concentrate on developing intermediary and discretionary interest in the Dominion Global Trends Funds.
12/04/2012
HSBC names Global private banking CEO
An announcement regarding Commercial Banking Europe will be made in due course.
12/04/2012
Citigroup cuts 11,000 staff worldwide
The bank said the move, which will see its headcount shrink by 4%, would cost it about $1bn (£621m) in pre-tax charges.
12/04/2012
Credit Suisse Cuts Hedge Fund Forex Sales Force In London
Credit Suisse said last week that it would cut 100 investment banking jobs in the U.K. as part of its cost-cutting effort.
12/03/2012
F&C Asset Management appoints new CEO
He is expected to join the F&C board as an executive director with immediate effect and take up his role from January 2013, the firm said in a statement on Tuesday.
12/03/2012
Frontier Markets Boutique Hires Marketing Head
She will primarily be responsible for expanding Insparo’s existing investor base in the UK and Europe.
12/03/2012
Brown Advisory lures Fleming Family chief in double hire
The pair join as head and deputy head of Brown's UK private client services and will take charge of building out the firm's capabilities in Britain.
12/03/2012
JPMorgan expands london indian team with two senior hires
Both will report to Rahul Malhotra, head of the South Asia team.
12/03/2012
Lyxor chief exits firm
Before joining Lyxor, Hamid was head of sales strategy at BlackRock’s iShares, having joined the ETF provider in 2008.
12/02/2012
Zurich marketing head departs as part of restructure
As part of the cutbacks the number of branch offices was streamlined from nine to five from the end of October.
12/02/2012
HSBC wealth management chief retires
John Flint, former chief executive of HSBC Global Asset Management, will take over from Thurston on 1 January
12/02/2012
Barclays bolsters Birmingham team with academia hire
The hire comes as part of Barclays’ Embark scheme, which aims to find talented people from different professions and helps them transition in to wealth management.
12/02/2012
Russell Investments makes investment strategist hire
Sturkenboom will be joining Russell’s global investment strategy team of seven
12/02/2012
BNP Paribas’s Regesta Leaves Interest-Rate Strategist Role
Matteo Regesta has left BNP Paribas SA in London where he was a senior interest-rate strategist, he said in an e-mail today.
11/29/2012
Former Rothschild head of emerging markets joins BNP Paribas CIB
Warburton’s appointment comes as part of CIB’s commitment to expand its business in several key areas
11/29/2012
Brewins makes further hires from Barclays’ Bristol office
Now almost a year old, Brewin’s Bristol branch has increased its headcount to 20. The hires follow the recruitment of Jonathan Godfrey from the local Barclays Wealth office in April.
11/28/2012
Goldman Sachs Asset Management picks international leader
Andrew Wilson becomes the sole CEO of EMEA