Managers of Wealth

Corporate financier quits Rothschild for PwC

Accountacy Giant PwC has appointed a top dealmaker from Rothschild to lead its corporate finance business in Yorkshire.

Investec appoints Florian von Hartig debt capital markets head

He joins from Standard Bank

BlueBay Asset hires Katherine Wentrup-Estupinan as sales director

In her new role, she will support the growth of BlueBay's alternatives business

RBC’s Head of European Credit Trading Ian Pearce Said to Depart

The person who answered Pearce’s office telephone, who didn’t give his name, said Pearce had left the bank.

Aberdeen Asset Management appoints corporate governance chief

Paul Lee has been appointed head of corporate governance at Aberdeen Asset Management.

Nilesh Shah quits Axis Capital, to join Kotak AMC as MD, CEO

Nilesh Shah, the MD and CEO of Axis Capital, has put in his papers.

Jupiter's Mumby retires

Jupiter Asset Management fund manager Robert Mumby has retired, having left the company at the end of December.

Walker Crips to expand into Cornwall

An investment and wealth management firm is expanding into the Westcountry with a new Cornwall office.

Morgan Stanley nabs $6.5B Merrill Lynch private wealth team

Three elite advisers with Merrill Lynch's Private Banking and Investment Group jumped to Morgan on Friday

Credit Suisse names Citi veteran as Mideast ultra-high net worth head

He will be based in Geneva and will report to Bruno Daher, chief executive of Credit Suisse Middle East.

Aberdeen CIO Richards named CBE in New Year Honours List

Anne Richards, the chief investment officer (CIO) at Aberdeen Asset Management, and Elizabeth Corley, chief executive of Allianz Global Investors, have become CBEs in the 2015 New Year Honours List

New investment manager at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management

He will also be undertaking equity research and provide a supporting role to members of the fund research team.

Team Producing $4.2M Joins Morgan Stanley

Earlier this month, RBC lost two advisors

City High-Flyer In Sudden Exit From Signia

One of the City's leading women executives has quit the firm she founded after leaving Coutts in 2010, Sky News learns.

Grant Thornton Appoints Private Clients Director

The Norwich office of Grant Thornton has strengthened its private client team with a new senior appointment.

HSBC poaches ‘Yorkshire’s most powerful banker’ from rival Barclays

HSBC HAS hired the man once described as Yorkshire’s most powerful banker to lead its operations for large corporates in the North of England.

U.S.Bank hires Ena Licina as vice president

The bank's Private Client Reserve provides wealth management services to individuals and families with a net worth of $3 million or more.

BlackRock unveils iShares Asia reshuffle

They include Geir Espeskog, head of iShares for the Nordics, who has been appointed as iShares’ head of distribution in Asia Pacific, effective January 1.

Northern Trust Elects Dean M. Harrison to Board, Lord Charles Powell as Advisory Director

Harrison has been instrumental to the creation and success of Northwestern Medicine, a strategic partnership between the medical school and health system, to become one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers.

JPM hands Asian equity fund to ex-Henderson manager

JP Morgan Asset Management has named Marc Franklin as the lead on its JPM Asia Equity fund shortly after recruiting the fund manager from rivals Henderson Global Investors.

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