Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Swiss Life Asset Managers, Others

Editorial Staff

12 September 2018

Swiss Life Asset Managers
Swiss Life Asset Managers, a subsidiary of Swiss Life Group, has appointed Marius Würgler as head of sales and marketing, taking effect from 1 January. He will be based in Zurich.

In this newly-created position, he will be responsible for the development and implementation of the cross-border distribution strategy. He will become a member of the executive committee of Swiss Life Asset Managers and will report to Stefan Mächler, group chief investment officer of Swiss Life.

From 2017 Würgler headed Amundi Suisse SA as its chief executive. Prior to that, he spent three years as head of sales Europe and Switzerland for Lombard Odier Investment Management, and seven years as country head at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Switzerland.

JP Morgan Asset Management
JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed Karim Leguel as head of the international investment specialist team - hedge fund solutions, a newly-created role.

Leguel is based in London and will continue to report to Jamie Kramer, head of JP Morgan's alternative solutions group. He joined JP Morgan in 2014 and was most recently head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa client strategy for hedge fund solutions.

Close Brothers Asset Management
Close Brothers Asset Management has hired managing director Oliver Harvey to support the growth of its high net worth investment management service.

Harvey has 19 years of experience of managing investments. Before joining CBAM, he worked as an investment director at Rathbones, and prior to that, Fleming Private Asset Management, where he started his career.