10/15/2012

Rothschild quits Bumi

An extraordinary City row erupted last night when Nat Rothschild abruptly quit the board of a mining company he created, accusing his chairman of being "complicit" in the "oppression" of some shareholders.

10/15/2012

BNP Paribas reshuffles multi-manager team

BNP Paribas harnesses expertise of multi-billion euro business on risk-rated range strategy FundQuest, the multi-manager business within BNP Paribas, was responsible for both the fund research and management of the IFSL Sinfonia risk-rated funds.

10/14/2012

UniCredit hires ex-BofA Merrill banker for senior role

UniCredit (CRDI.MI), Italy's biggest bank by assets, said it has hired Waleed El-Amir, previously the Middle East and North Africa investment banking head for Bank of America (BAC.N), to head its funding and investment portfolio business globally.

10/14/2012

Former BlackRock exec joins Schroders

He is “well known as an early thought leader” in the area of risk premium-based investing, Nicolaas Marais, London-based head of multiasset investments and portfolio solutions at Schroders, said in a news release.