Eastspring Investments
The asset management subsidiary of Prudential has promoted Matthew Appelstein to head of international distribution.
He joined the firm in 2019 and will retain his role as chief executive of Eastspring’s Americas business.
IQ-EQ
The investor services group has promoted Joannes van de Kimmenade to managing director for Belgium.
He was previously market leader for IQ-EQ Belgium where he was responsible for serving and expanding the portfolio of clients in the region.
Deutsche Bank
The German bank has made some changes to the senior management of its Ireland operations.
Neil Brady will take on the role of chief country officer for Ireland, effective from 1 October 2022, while keeping his responsibilities as global head of surveillance, messaging and agency securities lending (ASL) operations within the corporate bank.
He has been at Deutsche Bank since 1995, when he joined as a graduate.
Indosuez Wealth Management
The global wealth management arm of the Credit Agricole group has made two senior hires in Singapore.
Yeng Fang Ong becomes southeast Asia global market head, while Rosemarie Chong takes on the role of ultra-high net worth and wealth partnership market head.
Yeng was previously managing director and head of UOB Private Bank for eight years, whereas Chong used to work as managing director of Swiss-based BCV Investment Asia.
Fidelity international
Ilga Haubelt has been named head of equities for Europe at the investment firm.
She will be based in London and lead Fidelity’s European-based equity team.
Haubelt joins from Newton Investment Management where she served as head of equity income and senior portfolio manager.
Bank of Singapore
The private banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation has recruited Yazid Mahadi as head of fund selection, based in the Lion City.
He was most recently managing director of Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam.
Knight Frank Investment Management
The specialist real estate investment firm made three senior hires.
Ian Wilson has become partner to grow the residential investment management business. He joins from CBRE Investment Management where he led the residential investment practice.
Xaviere Roudeix-Crouan will work within the quantitative modelling research team; she was previously at real estate investment manager Redevco.
Lastly, Chantal Beaudoin has taken on the role of head of ESG. She used to work for Lamington Group as senior sustainability manager.
Brewin Dolphin
The UK-headquartered wealth manager promoted Richard Annis to head of office for Leeds.
He takes over from Micheal Craven who will retire on 1 October 2022.
Annis has been at Brewin Dolphin in Leeds since 1993 when he joined as a graduate trainee.
Edmund de Rothschild Asset Management
The asset management arm of Edmund de Rothschild has strengthened its equities capabilities with the hire of a portfolio manager based in Paris.
Benjamin Rousseau joins the team to focus on European small and mid-cap equities.
He was previously at Cogefi Gestion where he served in a similar role for four years.