Companies
PEOPLE MOVES: Manulife, Sanlam UK, GAM
Manulife Hong Kong has a new chief financial officer, while Sanlam UK has raided Close Brothers Asset Management to find a chief executive for its new private office proposition. GAM has poached its new representative director and president for Japan from Schroder Investment Management.
PEOPLE MOVES: Holborn hires CCO as part of big expansion
Holborn Assets is planning to expand across the Middle East and Asia over the next 12 months, while Schroders has created a new sales director role for the Middle East. A Manulife insurance salesperson in Hong Kong has been added to the Guinness Book of World Records for his astonishingly long career.
Invesco rumoured to be in talks to buy US ETF provider
US-based investment manager Invesco is in talks to buy the asset management business of Guggenheim Partners, according to media reports.
DeVere reopens Madrid office
Three years after shutting it down, international advisory firm deVere Group has re-opened its office in Madrid.
Building a £1bn funds business
Graham Bentley, a non-executive director at Marlborough International, talks about active investing, Brexit and the company’s plans for building a £1bn (€1.12bn, $1.32bn) business.