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Pinnacle hires from Schroders

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... Schroders. James Longman will cover Pinnacle's institutional and wholesale investors across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Longman joins the firm after six years at Schroders, where his last role was on the UK intermediary team specialising ...

State Street hires for APAC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... collateral desk. He established secured financing in APAC and equity financing capabilities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to this, he spent six years at Lehman Brothers' on the equity & fixed income secured financing desk. Edwards said ...

Frontier welcomes family office specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
The asset consultant is adding a new senior consultant to boost the firm's family office knowledge. Meirine Giggins is joining Frontier's growing 'non-super' business, bringing over two decades of experience working with family offices and endowment ...

Mirae appoints local chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... Securities as chief executive. Prior to this, he was based in London and was head of capital markets for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Invesco Powershares. Walesby was also head of capital markets at ETF Securities and worked in capital markets business ...

Pandemic delays retirement plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing over one third of Americans to delay their retirement while a larger cohort are turning to part-time work to supplement their nest egg, a new survey finds. Those intending to retire over the next five years are putting ...

AFCA names human resources lead from ME Bank

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... consultant with Deloitte, including as chief of staff and human resources transformation for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has also worked in human resources and employee relations roles for media groups the BBC and Fairfax, and Swedish-American ...

Metrics adds three investment directors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... loan portfolio, as the latter looked to exit the Australian market after 23 years to focus on United Kingdom and South Africa. The acquired portfolio included leveraged finance and fund finance loans to corporates and funds across business services ...

Research reveals factors influencing advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... recommendations "were closer to totally random than totally consistent". The study, conducted in partnership with South Africa's professional body The Financial Planning Institute and South African firm Momentum Investments, suggests variations are also ...

JANA appoints head of sustainability

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... for clients. She has worked as a regulatory counsel at State Street Bank in Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.Prior to this, she was an investigator in enforcement and financial crime division of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. ...

State Street appoints APAC head of asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... Asset Management, and the chief operating officer for BlackRock's institutional clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In his new role at State Street, Macdonald will be based in Hong Kong, and report to State Street's head of global asset ...