Rick Andrews new Head of International Marketing, Legg Mason

Legg Mason has appointed Rick Andrews as head of International Marketing, reporting to Matthew Schiffman, global head of Marketing. Andrews joins from Aviva Investors, prior to that he worked among others at Blackrock, Credit Suisse, Cofunds and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Source: Investment Europe. Read full article

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Key Highlights – Social Media Intelligence – UK Wealth Management Q4 2013.

August to October saw another quarter of significant growth with 48,000 activity/ mentions (a 17% increase vs the previous quarter) across the cohort of wealth management Brands included in this research. Wider UK industry activity/mentions grew by 8% for the quarter (off a much larger sample base

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Cofunds Stephen Mohan to join Allfunds

European platform behemoth Allfunds Bank has hired Cofunds managing director of operational services Stephen Mohan to spearhead growth in the UK. The Spanish platform administers around £80 billion of assets across Europe and runs around £10 billion for 20 firms in the UK. It now wants to

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Protected: UK Investment Management Social Media Intelligence – Detailed Findings from January 2013 Quarterly Report (subscribers only)

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Cofunds’ head of commercial joins RSA

RSA has confirmed that Cofunds’ head of commercial Russell Lancaster has been appointed as distribution director for its UK commercial business. Mr Lancaster will assume his role in early September and will report to Chris Sime, director of sales and strategic relationships.He will focus on RSA’s distribution

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RDR direct-to-consumer propositions

Another announcement (with more expected to follow) aimed at direct-to-consumer RDR propositions. “Adviser firm HHPG Wealth Management is launching a direct-to-consumer proposition next month aimed at clients who cannot afford advice after the RDR.  The Cardiff-based firm is looking to offer execution-only functionality across pension, investment, protection

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