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Citi Names New Global Chief Strategist

May 8, 2013

Citi Private Bank has appointed Steven Wieting as global chief strategist, reporting to Eduardo Martinez Campos, global head of investments. In his new role, Wieting will be responsible for formulating investment views and strategies for the business and its clients around the world.

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New Cayman Office For deVere Group

April 29, 2013

The deVere Group has opened a new office in the Cayman Islands, on West Bay Road in Grand Cayman, in the heart of the Cayman Islands' financial industry.    Headed by chief executive Nigel Green and deVere executive Simon Pratt, the deVere Group Caymans base will mark the firm’s first office in the Caribbean, and will specialise in investment brokerage.

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UK's Towry Expands Team With Five More Advisors

April 24, 2013

Towry, the UK-based wealth manager, has appointed a manager and five further wealth advisors to its personal injury and clinical negligence team, as the firm continues it expansion plans. The team will be headed by Duncan Gregory, wealth advice manager of Towry’s Manchester office and a chartered financial planner with 23 years experience in the financial services industry.

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Deloitte Responds To Regulatory Changes With Senior Hire

April 22, 2013

Deloitte has appointed financial services reward specialist Helen Beck as a partner in its compensation and benefits practice based in London. She joins at a time when the firm and its peers are dealing with regulatory changes being imposed across the financial services sector.

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Barings Appoints New Head Of Operations

April 18, 2013

Barings Asset Management, the London-headquartered investment house which is part of MassMutual FinancialGroup, has appointed Paul Loss as head of operations. Based in London, Loss will report to John Burns, chief operating officer.

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Latest Features

Summary Of Global Executive Moves In Wealth Management - December 2012

January 9, 2013

International HSBC named Peter Boyles as its new chief executive of global private banking. He had been chief executive for Continental Europe and head of commercial banking for Europe.

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Summary Of Wealth Management Executive Moves - November 2012

December 7, 2012

International Northern Trust, the Chicago-headquartered banking group, hired Edwin Parker to boost its alternative fund administration team to work across the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Channel Islands. Parker joined Northern Trust earlier in November from Butterfield Fulcrum, where he was managing director.

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Summary Of Global Wealth Management Executive Moves - January 2012

February 3, 2012

UK moves Brett Williams, formerly chief executive of Cofunds and Skandia’s platform, re-emerged as a founding member of a private equity firm that will invest in wealth managers and other financial services companies in the UK. The new entity is called Lime Tree Investment Partners.

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Executive Moves In Wealth Management - December 2011

January 6, 2012

UK AXA Investment Managers appointed Benjamin Rumary as investment sales manager for the Channel Islands, Ireland and the southwest of the UK. Rumary joined from LV= Asset Management, where he was investment sales manager for the south of England and London.

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Global Executive Moves In Wealth Management - November 2011

December 6, 2011

November may not have been as dramatic as earlier in the autumn, when the leadership of UBS changed, but there have still been notable moves at that firm and others in what was an eventful month. Europe Rex Cowley, director of products and marketing at Close International prior to its acquisition by Kleinwort Benson in June this year, left the business.

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