07/15/2014
UBS Hires Trio of Traders for Global Special Situations
UBS AG added three employees to its global event-driven opportunities group for market-making in special situations.
Executive Moves
07/15/2014
EY announces a record 68 new equity Partners in the UK
EY has appointed 68 equity Partners to its UK business in the last year, including a record 39 new admissions announced this month and 29 direct entry Partners from our competitors and industry.
07/15/2014
Allianz asset manager hires team to grow emerging markets debt business
The team will be based in London and work alongside Oleksiy Soroka, who leads EMD credit research.
07/15/2014
Swiss private bank appoints UK client service manager
She was previously at AllianceBernstein
07/14/2014
Allianz boosts emerging market debt team
Allianz Global Investors has bolstered its emerging markets debt team, more than doubling its number of senior investment executives to seven, as it continues its push into the sector.
07/14/2014
More exits at UBS as its advisory rejig continues
Another managing director in London is heading for the exit at UBS as the Swiss bank continues to overhaul the upper echelons of its advisory business, according to people familiar with the matter.
07/14/2014
Close Brothers appoints audit committee Chairman
He succeeds Geoffrey Howe
07/14/2014
JPMAM hit by exit of respected healthcare manager
Since its formation, the fund has returned 148.5 per cent, performing significantly better than its benchmark MSCI World Healthcare index, which has returned 109 per cent in the same period, according to data from FE Analytics.
07/14/2014
BNP Paribas hires to bolster asset management
BNP Paribas Securities Services has announced four appointments to its existing sales and relationship management team for UK asset managers.
07/14/2014
Franklin Templeton’s Clements exits following inflow curbs
Mr Clements is lead manager of the €3.1bn (£2.47bn) Franklin European Growth fund, a highly concentrated pan-European mandate based in Luxembourg, along with Claire Manson and Robert Mazzuoli.
07/13/2014
New CFO at Caixabank announced
The vacancy was created when former CFO Gonzalo Gortazar replaced Nin as chief executive.
07/11/2014
Invesco Perpetual restructures sales team for wealth push
The two will work alongside Chris Donnelly, head of life companies and James Rawson, head of platform distribution.
07/11/2014
Former Credit Suisse banker becomes Coinfloor chairman
The platform is fully compliant with ISO27001 and has registered with HMRC for anti-money laundering.
07/11/2014
Deutsche Bank hires former Luxembourg minister Frieden
Frieden – a former minister of the Luxembourg government and chairman of the board of governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group – will assume his new role on Sept. 15 and will be based in London.
07/11/2014
Departures continue at Ignis as head of distribution Chene exits
Ignis’ global head of distribution Claude Chene has followed Chris Samuel in exiting the business following its takeover by Standard Life Investments.
07/11/2014
BNP Paribas Real Estate appoints UK HR Director
BNP Paribas Real Estate, the leading property adviser, has appointed Pippa Evans as UK HR director.
07/11/2014
Smith & Williamson appoints head of distribution
Morrissey spent a decade as head of distribution at Liontrust, joining from Mercury Asset Management where he worked for 12 years.
07/11/2014
Norton leaves Quilter Cheviot after 33 years
At Quilter, Norton established the London stockbroking desk and went on to advise private clients, trusts and pension funds.
07/10/2014
Pope Names Former Invesco Manager for Vatican Bank in Revamp
He said he would tap an outside management fund to help shift the bank toward asset management. He emphasized that the fund would be chosen based also on its Catholic principles.
07/10/2014
Goldman Sachs hires energy marketer from Barclays
Goldman Sachs has affirmed its commitment to commodities trading even as other banks have left the sector or scaled back their activities in the face of public and regulatory scrutiny.