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Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Sanlam, Tilney, Savills, Aviva Investors, BMO Global AM

Editorial Staff 26 September 2017

Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Sanlam, Tilney, Savills, Aviva Investors, BMO Global AM

The latest moves in wealth management across the world.

Sanlam
Sanlam UK, the global financial services group, has appointed Jonathan Moon and Will Cayzer as business development director and business development assistant of its private office operation, respectively, the firm said in a statement.

Moon and Cayzer have both joined the firm from Close Brothers Asset Management. Previously, Moon held similar roles at Tilney Investment Management and Tilney Bestinvest. Cayzer previously spent time at Fleming Family and Partners.

The new hires will join Penny Lovell, chief executive of Sanlam Private Office in their new roles, who joined the firm in August as reported by this publication.

Tilney
UK investment management and financial planning group Tilney has appointed Harry Driscoll to its investment research team as a senior fund analyst, the firm said in a statement.

Prior to joining Tilney, Driscoll spent over two years at Richmond House Group as a fund research analyst where he covered all sectors within the retail industry. Before this, he was a senior research analyst at Chelsea Financial Services.

At Tilney, he will join the fund research team based in London and will have a focus on US and global equities.

Savills IM
International real estate investment manager Savills Investment Management has appointed Paul Devonshire as head of Middle East, the firm said in a statement.

In his new role, Devonshire will focus on relationship building, fund raising and product launches for Savills IM’s Middle Eastern investors.  Hewill also work with clients globally, expanding the firm’s product offering across funds and mandates, and will cater to investors looking for innovative solutions from a fiduciary manager in the global markets. 

Devonshire has o​ver 20 years’ experience working in the Middle East in the real estate investment management industry, specialising in Shariah compliant real estate funds and raising private and institutional equity. He has held roles at PGIM Real Estate Investors, where he remained for nearly 18 years, setting up their Middle East business, and has also worked at Falcon Real Estate in Zurich and BNP Paribas Real Estate in Frankfurt.

Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has made two further hires to its multi-asset team. Harriet Reeves joins the investment strategy team as multi-asset strategist and Iain MacCormick joins the implementation team as multi-asset implementation manager, the firm said in a statement.

Reeves joins Aviva Investors from Comac Capital, where she was an analyst responsible for the economic analysis used to inform trading decisions across developed and emerging markets. Prior to this, she was a research analyst at Nomura.

MacCormick recently joined the team from Standard Life Investments. He has 12 years’ experience, primarily in dealing, focused on derivaties across multiple asset classes.

The firm has also recently appointed Sunil Khrishnan as head of multi-asset funds. He will join in October.

BMO Global Asset Management
BMO Global Asset Management has appointed Fadi Khoury as executive managing director, head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the firm said in a statement.

Khoury joined in July 2017 and is based in BMO Global AM's offices in Abu Dhabi. He reports directly to Mandy Mannix, head of client management, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The new head of MENA is responsible for focusing on institutional investors based across the GCC, namely government entities including sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), multi-lateral organisations, central banks and public pension funds. In his new role, Khoury will also look to expand the business into family offices, banks, insurance companies and wealth managers.

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