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New Partner joins Saffery Champness from Smith & Williamson

He joins the firm’s well-known Private Wealth & Estates Group firm from Smith & Williamson, where he spent nine years advising high net worth clients on a wide range of issues.

Lockton hires head of private clients from Oval

She was previously an associate director at Aon Private Clients and worked as a graduate management trainee at Commercial Union/CGU.

Banca Esperia hires duo from Schroders

The pair arrive from Schroders and will be based in Milan. They will work to strengthen the bank’s commercial capabilities.

Brown Shipley appoints new chairman

He was Chief Executive of RBS UK until 2009

Former Butterfield CIO moves to Santander

He was group CIO and senior vice president at Butterfield for three years prior to joining Santander Asset Management UK

Thomas Miller hires Santander CIO in UK push

He left Santander to become chief investment officer at Thomas Miller Investment.

Jeremy Charles to step down as operations director of Thames River

Charles’ departure comes as F&C Asset Management (which acquired Thames River in 2010) reduces staff across the company

Barclays boosts HNW arm with Coutts and Citigroup hires

Barclays has bolstered its high net worth team with hires from Coutts and Citigroup.

With JPMorgan Chase's Ina Drew Out, Few Top Wall Street Women Left Standing

After a stunning $2 billion trading loss, JPMorgan Chase‘s chief investment officer, Ina Drew, 55, will step down

UBS assigns internal staff to roles left by departures

The group said Jonathan Gregory, a senior member of the London team and responsible for global aggregate and global credit strategies, is assuming responsibility for all UK fixed income portfolios with immediate effect.

Goodwin Procter Accelerates London Growth with Hire of Leading Real Estate Partner

Evans, who joined Goodwin late last year, is leading efforts to expand firm hiring in London, to support new and existing EMEA clients in the real estate, hospitality and leisure, fund formation and private equity sectors.

Lloyds poaches Standard Chartered high-flyer for investment arm

Andrew Bester will replace 61-year-old US executive Truett Tate who retired in February with a ‘golden goodbye’ package worth up to £2.5million.

Gentoo Genie appoints former senior wealth management professional

He spent the first 22 years of his career as a senior international executive with HSBC Group working in Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East. Bussey then specialised in Private Banking and Wealth Management for over ten years and he held Chief

Collins outline new KPMG leadership team

THE NEW leadership team of KPMG chairman-elect Simon Collins has been launched.

RBS To Axe 500 Jobs In The Netherlands

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC said Friday it plans to axe 500 jobs in the Netherlands, or 26% of its workforce there, as it seeks to reduce costs in a difficult market and tougher regulatory environment.

Northern Trust Names Luxembourg Head‎

He will be responsible for leading and managing the continued expansion of the organisation's specialist fund servicing and custody operations in Luxembourg, which serves clients around the world.

JPMorgan senior executives 'to resign'

Top executives at JPMorgan Chase are expected to resign this week following $2bn (£1.2bn) of losses at the bank's London trading desk, reports suggest.

Insparo appointes emerging markets

Cian started his career as an emerging markets strategist at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in London, before spending two years as Portfolio Manager at Standard Asset Management where he was responsible for idea generation and risk management for Eastern Euro

Rule Financial appoints new head of application managed services division

She joins from Temenos

Carmignac Gestion continues its push into the UK

He will join the French group at the start of July from Martin Currie, where he was a sales manager based in London.

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