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Janus Henderson
Janus Henderson, an international asset management group, has appointed Helen Jewell as head of EMEA and Asia-Pacific equities, based in London, effective 1 December. She will be succeeding Lucas Klein, who is retiring from the asset management sector after a career of almost 30 years.

Jewell previously worked at BlackRock, most recently as international chief investment officer for fundamental equities.

Shilpee Raina is joining as lead portfolio manager of the "flagship" large cap growth fund, Janus Henderson Forty, as well as the Transformational Growth ETF (JXX), effective 1 January 2027. She will succeed PM Nick Schommer who is departing Janus Henderson, after 13 years with the firm.

Based in New York, she will be working with current PM Brian Recht.

Prior to joining the firm, Raina worked at JP Morgan Asset Management, as co-portfolio manager on the Large Cap Core Equity Strategy within the US equity group.

Amundi 
Amundi, a European asset management group, has made a number of appointments in its Clients Group:

-- Francesca Ciceri, head of the international institutional clients division;
-- Alexandra Van Gyseghem, head of the French institutional clients division;
-- Thierry Ancona, vice-chair, supervising the distribution and wealth division;
-- Isaure Chabannes Wright, global head of ETF sales and digital distribution, and 
-- Thomas Pietri, head of distribution for France.