PEOPLE MOVES: Tilney, Wren and Sun Life
Tilney Group appointed a new chief executive, family office Wren names a director from Sandaire and Sun Life has lost its executive chair to be Canadian ambassador to France.
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PEOPLE MOVES: T. Rowe Price, LGIM, Savills IM
US investment giant T. Rowe Price has beefed up its sustainable investing division, while Savills Investment Management get a new Asian research head and LGIM expands its active equity team.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Liontrust, Kames Capital, Legal & General
Liontrust has been unveiled as the new home for two Kames Capital’s fixed income managers, with their alma mater wasting little time in announcing their replacements. Meanwhile, a former OMGI fund manager has reappeared at Legal & General Investment Management.
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Big UK insurers not offering financial advice tax break
Millions of pension savers cannot take advantage of a tax break designed to help them pay for financial advice because major providers including Aviva, Aegon, Fidelity, Legal & General, Prudential and Royal London are not offering it to customers, reports the Financial Times.
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PEOPLE MOVES: White House, Legal & General, DIFC
Political firework Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci may return to the investment world after being fired as White House communications director. Legal & General Insurance has created a managing director role focusing on fintech, while a former deputy chief justice of the DIFC court has died.
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Legal & General and Aviva opting for Ireland post-Brexit
Legal & General will shift some of its business to Dublin once Britain leaves the European Union, while rival insurer Aviva is in the process converting its Irish life and general insurance branches into subsidiaries as the firms prepare for the post-Brexit environment.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Manulife, Aegon, Legal & General
Manulife’s president and chief executive is to retire, while Aegon has appointed a policy affairs heavy hitter to oversee the company’s government relations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. L&G has a new head of strategic business for its pension risk transfer division.
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PEOPLE MOVES: LGIM, Brewin Dolphin, US SEC
Legal & General Investment Management has created a new head of personal investing for its UK direct business, while Brewin Dolphin’s chief operating officer is to depart. The exodus continues from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Fidelity Intl, StanChart, US SEC
Fidelity International has named a country head of China, while Standard Chartered in Hong Kong has made a raft of senior appointments following the resignation announcement of the bank’s chief executive. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed more departures ahead of the presidential inauguration.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Lombard Odier, J O Hambro, Brewin Dolphin
Lombard Odier Group has named two managing partners, with J O Hambro Capital Management confirming the resignation of its former group chief executive. Brewin Dolphin appoints a former Barclays Wealth banker as divisional director.
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Woodford IM and L&G to fund UK start-ups
Woodford Investment Management (IM) and Legal & General’s principal investment arm have taken stakes in a £150m ($187m,€176m) venture platform to support UK digital start-ups at all stages of the funding cycle.
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PEOPLE MOVES: US SEC, Zurich, LGIM
The list of jobs to be filled by president-elect Donald Trump just got longer after the SEC’s chair confirmed she will step down at the end of the Obama administration. Zurich has named the new chief executive of its UK business, with Legal & General IM making senior appointments in the US.