mandg makes two fund manager changes
M&G has promoted Phil Cliff to manage its £22m Pan European Dividend Fund, while Randeep Somel has been lifted up from deputy manager to co-fund manager of the Managed Growth Fund.
M&G has promoted Phil Cliff to manage its £22m Pan European Dividend Fund, while Randeep Somel has been lifted up from deputy manager to co-fund manager of the Managed Growth Fund.
BlackRock has promoted Alex Hoctor-Duncan to head of retail for EMEA, while current international retail head Maarten Slendebroek is set to leave for Jupiter.
Newton’s Raj Shant has been made lead manager of the firm’s European Higher Income Fund once more, after Fred Moore announced he was leaving to pursue business interests outside the investment management industry.
Ashcourt Rowan has announced the appointment of Richard Sinclair to the board of the company, the latest in a series of executive changes since Johnathin Polin has been in charge.
Martin Currie has hired Matthew Franklin who joins after 15 years with Schroders as the new senior investment analyst for global industrials and utilities research.
John Clougherty is to leave his position as chief executive of Aviva Investors UK funds business.
Fidelity’s UK managing director Gary Shaughnessy is to depart the firm to head up Zurich’s UK Life business from June 2012.
Thesis Asset Management has made two senior management hires, Lawrence Cook and Neil Lloyd, who will join as business development & marketing director and compliance manager respectively.
Simon Nichols has been appointed as lead manager on the Newton Bridge Fund, replacing Caroline Tye who has been promoted to head of private client business at Newton.
Standard Life Investments (SLI) has changed the lead manager on its Higher Income Fund to David Ennett, as part of an internal restructure that will see Arthur Milson shifted to deputy manager.
Henderson’s head of global equities Neil Rogan is to leave the company, as former JPMorgan and Merrill man, Matthew Beesley, is appointed director and head of the same team.
John Botham is the highest profile of three European equity fund managers to leave Aviva Investors following a recent review of its business.