Earlier this month Fishtank released our most recent ‘Social Media Intelligence – Retail Distribution Review (RDR) UK’ Report covering the months of November, December and January 2013. Findings from the current quarters research continue to confirm that relevance of Social Media across the industry, and the increasing
Read more →Julie Andrews will join Vanguard Investments Australia in March as head of institutional sales and service. Ms. Andrews replaces Geoff Diamond, who left the company in late 2012 to pursue other opportunities. Ms. Andrews will lead Vanguard’s institutional business and sales strategy, with a mandate to expand
Read more →Baring Asset Management has appointed Angus Woolhouse as global head of distribution. Woolhouse replaces George Harvey who will be retiring from the industry at the end of April after over 14 years with the firm. Angus has previously held a number of senior roles at Gartmore, Invesco
Read more →Former Cofunds head of sales and marketing Alastair Conway has joined James Hay Partnership as chief executive. Conway is to take on the role at James Hay, part of IFG Group, on 4 March. As part of a wider reshuffle, former managing director of James Hay Tim
Read more →David Bower has joined Invesco Perpetual as head of marketing for the EMEA region. Bower will have responsibility for the development and management of all marketing capabilities across the EMEA region and will report to head of distribution, Ian Trevers. Bower joins Invesco Perpetual from Blackrock, where
Read more →Life assurance firm Phoenix Group has rejected a raft of takeover bids for Ignis said to be in the region of £400 million, according to reports. According to Sky News, the bids were made at the end of last year with the news broadcaster claiming Aberdeen Asset Management
Read more →Perpetual Limited (Perpetual) today announced the appointment of Michael Gordon as Group Executive Perpetual Investments. Michael will lead the end-to-end business of Perpetual Investments, which includes product, distribution, operations and the investment management team with $23.6 billion in funds under management. Perpetual CEO Geoff Lloyd said “We
Read more →Old Mutual Global Investors is set to grow third-party distribution and its product range as part of the enlarged asset and wealth management business. The group – which was created by the merger of Skandia Investment Group and Old Mutual Asset Managers – has invested in its
Read more →Allianz Global Investors has appointed Andy Wiggins head of institutional business in the UK. Wiggins joins from Threadneedle where he was head of UK institutional client relationships. Prior that he was director of client relations at AllianceBernstein and also spent eight years as a principal at Mercer.
Read more →Former Legal & General chief executive Tim Breedon is set to join the board of Barclays as a non-executive director. Breedon was CEO at L&G from January 2006 to June 2012, having previously been group director (investments) since January 2002. Breedon will start the role on 1
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