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Standard Life Aberdeen’s advice arm makes managerial changes, as wealth firm bolsters fixed income team

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1825

The financial planning and advice teams at the Standard Life Aberdeen subsidiary will be jointly led by Colin Dyer and Neil Messenger, with a focus on clients and growth.

Dyer has been with 1825 since 2015, and the wider Standard Life Aberdeen group since 1991.

Messenger joined 1825 as part of the acquisition of Grant Thornton last year.

Under the changes, functions including paraplanning, client administration and technology services will now report into Karen Clews, who joined 1825 in 2019.

RBC Wealth Management

The wealth firm has hired two fixed income specialists as it continues to enhance its advisory investment solutions for private banking clients in Asia.

Shawn Sim has joined RBC Wealth Management’s investment solutions and products team in Singapore as head of fixed income advisory.

He re-joins RBC from HSBC Private Bank, where he was a fixed income adviser.

Joining Sim, and reporting to him, is Kennard Ling.

Ling joins as fixed income specialist from Citibank Singapore, where he was part of the advisory and trading desk responsible for business growth across Asia-Pacific.

Prior to that, Ling was a corporate sales analyst for FX and rates at Standard Chartered Bank.

National Friendly

Toney Quinn has been named as business development manager.

He spent seven years with The Exeter as a key accounts manager, and prior to that, he was an intermediary sales manager at AXA PPP.

Quinn also worked at Canada Life, where he was appointed strategic accounts manager.

Mediolanum International Funds

The European asset management platform of Mediolanum Banking Group has appointed Karoline Keane as head of product development, and Alberto Nova as head of marketing and communications.

Keane joins from Man Group, where before being director for product development in the global sales product management business.

Nova joins from Legg Mason, where he worked as the marketing head for Italy and Iberia region, as well as European marketing manager for Invesco.

Brewin Dolphin

The firm’s Bristol office has hired Jonathan May as a financial planner.

He has over 27 years of experience and joins Brewin Dolphin from Hargreaves Lansdown, where he was a senior adviser helping high net worth individuals and businesses.

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