People Moves
Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - PGIM Investments, Relendex, Other
The latest moves in wealth management across Europe and the Middle East.
PGIM Investments
PGIM
Investments has brought on Pascal Weber to help build
operations in Switzerland and strengthen the marketing of the
firm’s asset management capabilities, including its PGIM Funds.
In the new role, Zurich-based Weber will manage the growth of PGIM’s relationships with global, regional and local banks and intermediaries, the firm said. Weber joins PGIM Investments from a senior sales role at AllianceBernstein in Switzerland, and before that focused on Swiss institutional clients as a relationship manager for Credit Suisse.
PGIM Investments is the $1.2 trillion global investment
management business of Prudential Financial. The group took
similar actions last year when it set up a dedicated team to
extend coverage in Germany and Austria. Frankfurt-based vice
president Thiemo Volkholz, will oversee operations in all three
countries.
Relendex
UK peer-to-peer lender Relendex has appointed James
Hodgson as a business development manager covering the North East
region. Hodgson began his career at Yorkshire Bank and joined the
property specialist from Assetz Capital, where he was an
underwriter director. He also spent time at National Australia
Bank as a commercial real estate manager.
Commenting on the appointment, Paul Sonabend, executive chair at Relendex said Hodgson’s “strong sector relationships and track record in building and converting leads” were key to bringing him on board.
Aviva
Aviva Investors, the global asset management unit of UK-listed
financial services group Aviva, has boosted its US
equities business. Robert Plaza has joined as a portfolio manager
from Key Private Bank, where he was director of equity research,
while Nick Nikitas and Adam Schmitz have joined as equity
analysts from Robert W Baird and Harris Associates, respectively.
The new members are based in Chicago, and report to Susan Schmidt, head of US equities at Aviva Investors.
The appointments follow that of David Cumming as chief investment officer, equities, in January 2018. Including these latest hires, 18 investment professionals have joined the equities platform.
