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.

05/02/2014

Merrill Lynch Snags $3 Billion Team

Merrill Lynch has scooped up two advisors with $3 billion in assets under management from rival wirehouse giants UBS and Deutsche Bank.

05/02/2014

Barclays loses head of Asia-Pacific business

According to sources cited by Bloomberg, eight managing directors began an exit from the bank's markets unit earlier in the year, after trading income fell dramatically.

05/02/2014

RBC targets european HNW's with new role

The creation of this new role is in line with RBC Wealth Management’s strategy to increase its focus on international UHNW clients, providing them with integrated solutions that harness RBC’s global expertise.