linda mclaren takes new biz development role
Brooks Macdonald Funds has appointed Linda McLaren as international business development manager focusing predominantly on Asia and Europe, a new role for the company.
Brooks Macdonald Funds has appointed Linda McLaren as international business development manager focusing predominantly on Asia and Europe, a new role for the company.
Eight months after they were part of a management buyout of the international Blevins Franks financial advisory group, John Stone and John Simmonds have unveiled plans to double the size of the business over the next five years.
A strategy change for Royal London RL360° at the start of 2012 has paid dividends, according to the latest results, with the company boasting a 52% increase in sales of its regular savings business over the year.
UK offshore bond sales at Axa Wealth International were down by more than a quarter last year, according to figures released to International Adviser earlier today, although the company’s offshore funds under management were up for the 12 month period.
InterGlobal, the UK-based international private medical insurer, today unveiled a new partnership arrangement with a specialist South African insurance broker, SATIB, whereby it will offer a healthcare plan designed specifically for corporate groups operating in the continent’s tourism industry.
Præmium International Ltd, the Jersey-based arm of the ASX-listed, Australia-based platform specialist Præmium Group, has announced that it has named Sarah Jouhal, a portfolio specialist, to head up its international platform operations as managing director.
JP Morgan has appointed a new head of its Middle East private banking team.
Carmignac Gestion is ramping up its presence in Italy, with two further hires adding to its existing seven-strong team.
Fund Advisers Europe, a Luxembourg-based advisory firm whose two principals worked for industry giant deVere at earlier points in their careers, is looking to expand into the Gulf, and has hired well-known ex-deVere exec Spencer Lodge to head up its new Dubai office.
JTC Group has appointed two former TMF Group managers to work within its Jersey headquarters.
Kelso Beggs, for many years the chief operations officer of International Financial Services in Singapore, has taken a role with the Singapore-based Henley Group, as it undergoes a major strategic review of its Singapore business.
Football superstar David Beckham is reportedly being investigated by the French tax authorities over claims that his decision to have wages paid by his new club Paris St Germain directly to charity are simply an elaborate tax dodge.