10/17/2014
Investec W&I hires two former Barclays directors for Bournemouth office
Darren Elmes and Steve Hart both join as senior investment directors reporting into branch head Scott Jones.
Executive Moves
10/17/2014
L&G executive decides small is beautiful
Adrian Swales, former investment consultant at Mercer and Aon, expects to double the assets administered by his Mobius Life boutique to £10 billion by 2015, after hiring a top business developer from Legal & General.
10/17/2014
ABS move sees non-lawyer appointed as partner at Meridian Private Client
Chartered tax adviser Jon Croxford, who joined Meridian in June as a director, is a specialist in personal tax planning
10/17/2014
Credit Suisse shuffles managers at investment banking unit
Credit Suisse has announced the appointments to the Executive Board, changes to the leadership of its Investment Banking Division, and the appointment of a new CEO of Asia Pacific.
10/17/2014
One of the best known and highest profile figures in the securities services industry is leaving
He has commuted between Milan and Paris for the last four years, is reported to be looking for a better work-life balance and a fresh entrepreneurial challenge in his native Italy.
10/17/2014
Aviva Investors builds up infrastructure team
Ian Berry, head of Infrastructure, Aviva Investors, says: "Infrastructure is a key area for the business, and I am delighted with these further additions to the team.
10/16/2014
Investec poaches former UBS banker
Christian Hess, who spent 16 years at UBS and co-founded the Swiss bank’s private equity group will join Investec as head of its financial sponsor transaction group. He will hire a handful of people to build out the team.
10/16/2014
PineBridge Investments expands private funds group
PineBridge Investments has appointed two senior investment professionals to its private funds group.
10/16/2014
Towry appoints senior private banker from Lloyds Mayfair Private Banking
Jeremy managed the London Banking office at Lloyds Mayfair during the second half of 2012, and was regional manager of Lloyds Wealth Planning Central & South West Region during 2008 when the region was the company's top national performer.
10/16/2014
LGIM appoints retail distribution head for EMEA
She joins from BlackRock where she was a managing director, responsible for overseeing sales and client relationships.
10/16/2014
Ropes & Gray Adds To Hedge Fund Group
The London office of international law firm Ropes & Gray has announced the appointment of counsel Anna Lawry to the firm’s hedge funds group.
10/16/2014
Former Brewin Newcastle boss to head Hargreave Hale York
Hargreave Hale has appointed former Brewin Dolphin Newcastle divisional director David Clinkard to head its recently-opened York office.
10/16/2014
UBS Hires Deutsche Bank’s Rodermann to Lead German Unit
Axel Hoerger, the head of UBS AG German business, is stepping down, and Thomas Rodermann from Deutsche Bank AG will succeed him
10/15/2014
Minerva Trust appoint new Group Managing Director
Prior to joining Standard Bank he was employed by J.P. Morgan Chase for over twenty years where he held a number of senior roles.
10/15/2014
JLT appoints London cyber, media E&O head
She will join JLT from broking giant Aon, where she served as head of cyber and commercial E&O for the Europe, Middle East and Africa.
10/15/2014
BDO appoints new tax director from Barclays
At Barclays he oversaw Treasury matters across the whole group.
10/15/2014
MJ Hudson Expands Hedge Funds Practice
MJ Hudson announced today that Ben Watford has joined the firm as a Partner based in its London office.
10/15/2014
Capita Financial Managers names new MD
He is to join Capita Asset Services as managing director of Capita Financial Managers Limited in November 2014.
10/15/2014
Henderson’s Europe star joins new firm
The manager is taking the group’s £1.1bn European Special Situations fund with him and joining Crux Asset Management, a new fund management house.
10/15/2014
Islamic Bank of Britain appoints new chief commercial officer
With more than 50,000 customers and the largest range of Shariah-compliant retail financial product in the UK, the bank is considered the pioneer of British Islamic finance