Cazenove Capital Management
Cazenove Capital Management has appointed Simon Lints as head of wealth management in Singapore, effective 6 June 2016. He will also become chief executive of Schroder and Co. Asia.
Lints joins the firm from Credit Suisse Singapore where he has worked since 2008 – most recently as team leader of UK/International within the international wealth management business in Singapore.
Natixis Asset Management
Matthieu Duncan has been appointed chief executive of Natixis Asset Management, with effect from 4 April 2016. He will also join the company’s executive committee.
He replaces Pascal Voisin and will be responsible for maximising NAM’s growth, driving structural reforms to shape the business and continue to integrate NAM into Natixis Global Asset Management’s global multi-boutique model.
Duncan started his career at Goldman Sachs and held various positions in the capital markets sector in Paris and London between 1990 and 2003. Since 2004, he has worked for firms including Cambridge Place IM, Newton IM, and Quilter Cheviot IM.
Standard Bank
Will Thorp has been named chief executive of Standard Bank’s offshore group. Subject to regulatory approval he will replace Mark Hucker, who is leaving to pursue new opportunities.
Thorp will lead the bank’s offshore business in Jersey, the Isle of Man, and Mauritius; as well as distribution and support teams in London and Johannesburg. He became chief executive of Standard Bank Jersey and island head Jersey in 2014, roles he will retain under his broader remit.
His appointment follows a 14-year career at Standard Bank, during which time he has served as finance director of the bank’s Russian operation, based in Moscow, and global finance director – investment banking, based in London and Johannesburg.
M&G Investments
M&G Investment has appointed Tristan Hanson as fund manager to its multi-asset team, effective 21 March. He will report to Dave Fishwick, head of multi-asset.
Hanson has more than 15 years of experience in asset management and joins M&G from Ashburton Investments, where he was head of asset allocation with responsibility for global multi-asset funds. Prior to this, he worked as a strategist at JP Morgan Cazenove covering equities, fixed income, and currencies.
Invesco PowerShares
Exchange-traded funds (ETF) provider Invesco PowerShares has expanded its capital markets team with the appointment of Jim Goldie as head of ETF capital markets EMEA and Michael Delew as ETF capital markets research analyst.
Goldie will be responsible for managing the business’s EMEA capital markets team and driving its strategy, whilst maintaining a strong connection with market makers and stock exchanges throughout the region.
Delew has relocated to the UK from the US where he has been with Invesco PowerShares for about five years.
Kames Capital
Kames Capital has appointed John Dear as co-manager of its Active Value Property Fund. In his new role, Dear will work alongside the fund’s existing co-manager Helen Batten and report into David Wise, investment director at Kames.
Dear has worked within the property investment team at Kames Capital since February 2011, most recently as an assistant fund manager, working on the Kames Property Income Fund since its launch in March 2014.
He joined Kames from commercial property and real estate services adviser CBRE where he was an associate director. Dear began his career at CBRE as a commercial property graduate surveyor, before becoming a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2007.
Lumiere Wealth
Des Jeffrey and Gordon Jenkins have been hired as independent wealth managers at Lumiere Wealth. Jeffrey joins the company from Books Macdonald where he focused on individual investment planning, employee benefit schemes and corporate pensions structures.
He is currently working with a specialist provider on the suitability of healthcare trust schemes for large Channel Islands employers.
Meanwhile, Gordon joins Lumiere Wealth from Orbital Financial Advisers, where he specialised in private investments and retirement planning.
He will continue to focus on individual investment planning for new and existing clients.
Openwork
John Cupis has joined Openwork as Mortgage Director to assume responsibility for running and developing the network’s mortgage, protection and general insurance proposition.
He joins Openwork from Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) where he had been managing director of mortgages for eight years. Prior to joining SBG, Cupis worked at Legal & General where he fulfilled various senior roles within the business.
