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Ex-FPI Singapore managing director Chris Gill joins SJP Asia
Former Friends Provident International Singapore managing director Chris Gill has joined St James’s Place Wealth Management Asia as development director to the international business.
Middle East | 27 Jul 17
DIFC’s Chris Divito to head up FPI in the Middle East
Chris Divito, the former head of Standard Life in the Middle East and currently working at the DIFC, is to take over from Marcus Gent as managing director of Friends Provident International in Dubai.
FPI acquisition by RL360° a ‘game changer’ says CEO Kneeshaw
Aviva’s decision to sell Friends Provident International (FPI) to RL360° for £340m ($444m, €384m) is “a game changer” for the life insurance industry, David Kneeshaw, chief executive of RL360°, told International Adviser.
PEOPLE MOVES: Old Mutual director runs for Zimbabwe presidency
An Old Mutual director is to run for president of Zimbabwe, while Old Mutual Asset Management and Axa Asia are both losing their chief executives. Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has appointed a former Coutts & Co chief executive to head up its UK business.
PEOPLE MOVES: BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Aviva
BlackRock has lost an ex-Barclays chief executive from its board after he was charged by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office. Deutsche Bank has ramped up its anti-financial crime divisionwith two senior hires, while Aviva has appointed its chief executive of international insurance to the company’s board.