The latest moves, appointments and personnel changes in the UK, Europe, Middle East and select jurisdictions where wealth management takes place.

Coller Capital
Coller Capital, a private market secondaries manager, has just hired Jonathan Aiach (pictured) as head of Southern Europe private wealth distribution within its Private Wealth Secondaries Solutions (PWSS) team. His appointment marks another step in the expansion of Coller Capital’s PWSS business in Europe.

Based in Zurich, Aiach will lead Coller Capital's PWSS business in southern Europe, providing private wealth investors and intermediaries access to institutional-quality private markets secondary investments diversified by sector, region, and general partner (GP) manager. He will report to Boris Maeder, head of international private wealth distribution.

Aiach brings more than 15 years of private markets experience to Coller Capital. He was previously a director at CapMan where he developed the company’s private markets platform across EMEA and contributed towards raising the firm’s international profile. Prior to that, Aiach worked for German asset manager DWS in their infrastructure team and Blackrock, managing alternative investment strategies across a range of key client relationships in EMEA. 

Aiach’s early career included a variety of roles at Oakley Capital, BNP Paribas and Cheyne Capital.

The appointment follows the 2024 launches of CollerEquity and CollerCredit, Coller Capital’s flagship open-ended secondaries funds for international (ex-US) private wealth investors

Coller Capital has offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul, Luxembourg, Zurich, Melbourne, Montreal and Singapore. It manages $38 billion in secondaries across private equity, private credit, and other private market vehicles and has 35 years of experience in the secondary private capital market.

Fasanara Capital
Fasanara Capital, a $4.5 billion London-based investment manager, has just appointed Paolo Viale as head of business development – Quant.  

Viale brings, who has over a decade of experience in quantitative investing and alternative investment solutions, spent the past 11 years at Winton Capital, where he served as co-head of business development for Europe.  

In his new role, Viale will drive capital formation and investor relations across Fasanara’s Quant platform, working in close partnership with Francesco Filia, founder and CEO of Fasanara Capital and Vinicius Karam, head of Fasanara Quant.

Viale’s appointment reflects the firm’s commitment to expanding its global institutional footprint and scaling its diversified investment platform.