John Schaffer

2 days ago | citywire.com | Daniel Grote |Michelle McGagh |John Schaffer |Nour Azhar

The FTSE 100 showed signs of unease this morning after US markets plunged on Monday. UK blue chips edged up 0.14%, or 11 points, to 8,288. This was a positive outcome, given the risk-off sentiment spreading around the globe. It also suggests signs of ongoing positive momentum after the FTSE ended last week with its sixth consecutive session in the green.

2 days ago | citywire.com | Daniel Grote |John Schaffer |Himanshu Singh |Nour Azhar

Evelyn Partners has appointed Alex Gersh as its new chief financial officer, replacing Andrew Baddeley who had held the role since 2018. Gersh has more than 30 years of experience, and has worked at both private equity backed and public companies across the UK and the US. He was most recently CFO of New York Stock Exchange-listed payments business Paysafe, in which CVC and Blackstone were major shareholders.

2 days ago | citywire.com | Jérémie Gatignol |Olivia Bybel |John Schaffer |Ian Heath

Stonehage Fleming is a regular investor in evergreen funds, but doesn’t offer its redemption capability to its own clients. Although the flexibility on liquidity is one of the attractions of these types of strategies, when the multi-family office launched its own annual vintage programme in 2016, it made sure that it didn’t feature the inherent redemption capability in the evergreen funds it invested in. But it does benefit from the limited liquidity on offer.

1 week ago | citywire.com | Himanshu Singh |Natalia Vasnier |John Schaffer |Nour Azhar

Annick Crisford has ended her 18-year stint with Rothschilds for a top role at Pictet Wealth Management. In LinkedIn post, Crisford, said she was now a managing director at Pictet WM. ‘[At Pictet] I advise and work with successful entrepreneurs, business owners, families and charities to help them manage, preserve and growth their wealth,’ Crisford said. Already have an account? Do you personally advise on or manage investments for clients?

1 week ago | citywire.com | Natalia Vasnier |Ian Heath |Danielle Levy |John Schaffer

BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI) manager Sudaif Niaz has stepped down from the trust following a restructure of BlackRock’s global emerging markets division. Linked to the overhaul, Christoph Brinkmann has also stepped down as co-manager of BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) trust. He will be replaced by Gordon Fraser, who has been appointed head of a newly formed emerging markets and frontiers team, based in London. Fraser will work alongside the trust’s long-standing manager Sam Vecht.