Ignis

  • pellerito head uk sales lester exits argonaut

    pellerito head uk sales lester exits argonaut

    In a senior management change at Argonaut, Dennis Pellerito has been named as head of its UK sales team

  • france is a very slow train wreck

    france is a very slow train wreck

    Ignis Asset Management is underweight French government debt in its long-only global bond funds after chief market economist Stuart Thomson labelled the country "a very slow train wreck".

  • ignis waves goodbye to final jv

    ignis waves goodbye to final jv

    Ignis Asset Management’s last remaining joint venture, with Cartesian Capital Partners, is to come to an end, following in the footsteps of its JV’s with Hexam, Argonaut and Maia Capital.

  • ignis adds to client relationship teams

    ignis adds to client relationship teams

    Ignis has hired a product specialist from BlackRock and a sales director from Deutsche Asset Management as it continues to expand its third-party distribution.

  • mark julio joins ignis from barings

    mark julio joins ignis from barings

    After completing his gardening leave having resigned from Baring Asset Management, Mark Julio has joined Igins Asset Management’s emerging market equities team.

  • ignis attracts 1bn new assets in six months

    ignis attracts 1bn new assets in six months

    During the first half of 2012, Ignis Asset Management attracted net new assets of close to £1bn into three main product areas.

  • Ignis hires credit strategies head

    Ignis hires credit strategies head

    Ignis Asset Management has hired Ingrid Neitsch as head of credit strategies ahead of an institutional fund launch later this year.

  • ashby storms ahead to promotion at ignis

    ashby storms ahead to promotion at ignis

    Graham Ashby has shaped the Ignis UK Equity Income Fund in line with his views and is now ready to take over as head of UK equity at the fund house.

  • jeremy soutter takes development role at Ignis

    jeremy soutter takes development role at Ignis

    Jeremy Soutter has taken on a global product development role at Ignis.

  • lester joins argonaut as it targets overseas

    lester joins argonaut as it targets overseas

    Argonaut, originally part of the Ignis group, is nearing the end of a restructuring that will see it become operationally independent of Ignis in ten days time, add a number of high-profile managers including ex-Neptune exec John Lester, and target overseas markets.

  • hotson takes on ignis role

    hotson takes on ignis role

    Ignis Asset Management has poached Grant Hotson from SWIP to be its chief financial officer.

  • McBride picks up discretionary slack at Ignis

    McBride picks up discretionary slack at Ignis

    Ignis Asset Management’s head of UK retail Austin McBride is taking on the discretionary account responsibilities of Alisdair Bell who is leaving the company.