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TILNEY BESTINVEST
The UK-based investment and financial planning firm said it appointed David Cummins as director of financial planning as it expands its regional financial planning presence.
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP
The bank said it hired Gary Cindrich as wealth director forbusiness development in its wealth management unit.
AVIVA INVESTORS
Aviva Plc’s asset management business said it appointed four people to its multi-asset team.
LPL FINANCIAL LLC
The U.S. broker-dealer, a unit of LPL Financial Holdings Inc , appointed John Cronin as vice-president, head of state government relations.
U.S. BANK
The wealth management unit of U.S. Bancorp said it appointed David Hein a portfolio manager for its team handling high net worth clients.
BMO FINANCIAL GROUP
The company said it appointed Darrel Hackett president of its wealth management unit, BMO Private Bank U.S.
RBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT
The company appointed Iggy Chong, Lorraine Lam and Yi-An Chen as its Greater Chinaheads.
BLACKROCK INC
The world’s biggest money manager hired former Man Group executive Lars Meisinger as chief operating officer in Europe for its alternative investment unit.
VOLKSBANKEN AG
Former Austrian central bank governor Klaus Liebscher is set to become chairman of the part-nationalised lender where the post is vacant after Hans Joerg Schelling left to head the finance ministry, he told a newspaper.
OLD MUTUAL GLOBAL INVESTORS
The asset management division of Old Mutual Wealth, appointed Joshua Crabb as head of Asian equities.
EASTSPRING INVESTMENTS
The asset management arm of Prudential Corporation Asia appointed Christian Fleischer as head of marketing and Tio Yang Phen as director of investment marketing.
VONTOBEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
The company said it hired Valentina Chen from Aviva Investors as portfolio manager for its emerging-markets fixed-income team.
MOORE STEPHENS
The international accounting and consultancy firm said it appointed Omar Ripon as a partner in its insurance industry group.
ARBUTHNOT LATHAM & CO LTD
The London-based private banking and wealth management arm of Arbuthnot Banking Group Plc said it appointed Michelle Duncalf as a private banker.
RBC
RBC has appointed Rob Lamb to head up its UK corporate debt capital markets business, a newly created job at the bank.
SUSSEX PARTNERS
The advisory firm focused on alternative investments, said it appointed Frederic Neefs as a partner.
