05/07/2014

Equities chief departs Baring Asset Management

Tim Scholefield, head of equities at Baring Asset Management, has left the company, which has recruited a senior emerging-markets fund manager at a French asset management boutique to succeed him.

05/06/2014

Towers Watson boosts Insurance Investment Advisory Group

Towers Watson has appointed Keith Goodby as a senior investment consultant in the firm’s Insurance Investment Advisory Group (IIAG) to focus on expanding the company’s investment services to insurance companies, which include asset allocation,

05/05/2014

Poker-Playing JPMorgan VIX Trader Wien Joining Och-Ziff

He joined JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank, in 2012 to trade options and futures on the VIX, as the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index is known. In his e-mail, Wien thanked JPMorgan colleagues for the two-year experience.