blackrocks plackett added to sig
Skandia European Best Ideas Fund has awarded Richard Plackett of BlackRock a 34m mandate, representing 10% of the fund, and joining such esteemed managers as Crispin Odey.
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quilter beefs up scottish presence
Quilter has expanded its investment team in Edinburgh with the hire of Scott Peebles formerly of Close Asset Management.
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nigel wilson named as landg ceo
Nigel Wilson is to take over from Tim Breedon as chief executive of Legal & General Group at the end of June.
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aviva investors appoints interim ceo
Aviva Investors has announced the appointment of Paul Abberley as interim chief executive following the departure of Alain Dromer at the start of April.
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anderson rejoins swip in global strategy role
Kenneth Anderson has rejoined Scottish Widows Investment Partnership as an investment director in its global strategy team.
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tim mitchell leaves invesco for investec
Investec Investment Banking has made three senior hires for its closed-ended funds team.
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signia continues UHNW focus
Signia Wealth has announced its second appointment in a week, with the hire of Ameet Patel as head of alternative investments.
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signia tries for international expansion again
Signia Wealth has hired former Barclays Wealth market head Sonjoy Phukan to lead the international expansion of the firm just seven months after Shalini Khemka was appointed with the same responsibility.
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schroders beefs up its emd team
Schroders has become the latest fund house to intensify its focus on what is being viewed as one of the most exciting asset classes du jour – emerging market debt.
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former aberdeen head of fixed emea
JPM Asset Management has hired former Aberdeen and Deutsche man Charles McKenzie in a senior fixed income role within its global fixed income team.
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barings hires head of asian debt
Barings has appointed Sean Chang, former investment director at HSBC Global Asset Management, as head of Asian debt based in Hong Kong.
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coutts appoints former credit suisse wealth
Former Credit Suisse wealth planning head Steve Griffiths has joined Coutts, tasked with developing the companys tax & wealth structuring teams capabilities in the UK, Asia and Switzerland.