People Moves

  • Cofunds hires ex Aviva Benson as head of ops

    Cofunds hires ex Aviva Benson as head of ops

    Matt Benson has been appointed head of operations at Cofunds, the latest in a series of new hires at the platform following the buyout by Legal & General.

  • Santander Hogg named new BoE COO

    Santander Hogg named new BoE COO

    Charlotte Hogg has been selected as the Bank of England’s first chief operating officer, a role developed in response to the bank’s increase in front-line functions.

  • consultancy morningstar obsr toogood hutchison

    consultancy morningstar obsr toogood hutchison

    Peter Toogood and Gill Hutchison have left Morningstar OBSR and are expected to shortly announce their new consultancy practice in the increasingly competitive investment outsourcing world.

  • BlackRock Elliott joins Franklin Templeton

    BlackRock Elliott joins Franklin Templeton

    Mark Elliott is joining Franklin Templeton as head of advisory following a reshuffle of the firm’s UK sales team.

  • Evans ditches LGIM for Threadneedle small cap role

    Evans ditches LGIM for Threadneedle small cap role

    Matthew Evans has been appointed as UK small cap fund manager at Threadneedle marking the expansion of the firm’s UK equities teams.

  • bolton china special sits newbie nicholls

    bolton china special sits newbie nicholls

    Anthony Bolton will retire from active fund management when he hands over the reins of Fidelity China Special Situations plc to investment trust novice Dale Nicholls on 1 April next year.

  • Mirabaud appoints inaugural head of equities

    Mirabaud appoints inaugural head of equities

    Anu Narula is to head up the Mirabaud equities team, taking on a new role introduced as part of the development of the bank’s asset management division.

  • BoE lifer Tucker to step down

    BoE lifer Tucker to step down

    Paul Tucker is leaving his role as deputy governor of the Bank of England fuelling speculation that Mark Carney is planning a huge shake-up of personnel once he takes office as governor.

  • dean cazenove european rice takes breather

    dean cazenove european rice takes breather

    European equity manager Chris Rice is to leave Cazenove Capital Management after a decade with the business with Julie Dean taking over as head of the pan European equities team.

  • Quilter eyes expansion with two new hires

    Quilter eyes expansion with two new hires

    Quilter has made two new hires to its investment team as part of its on-going expansion post-merger with Cheviot Asset Management.

  • chairman dubois departs lyxor

    chairman dubois departs lyxor

    Lyxor Asset Management’s chairman Alan Dubois, who has been with the firm for 12 years, has left to pursue another role elsewhere in the industry, Portfolio Adviser can reveal.

  • Thornburg opens London office

    Thornburg opens London office

    US-based asset manager Thornburg Investment Management has opened a London office, headed by two newly-recruited joint managing directors.