Five years on from the credit crunch which sent global stock markets into disarray and ruined many banks around the globe, including Northern Rock in the UK, the landscape for investors has changed considerably.

Jacqueline Lockie, training manager at the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), has outlined seven questions private investors should be asking their advisers in the run up to the retail distribution review (RDR).

Simon Wilson has joined Premier Asset Management to spearhead its marketing capabilities.

Standard Life Investments' Harry Nimmo said his buy-and-hold philosophy is the secret behind delivering top-quartile returns over the past two decades.

Marlborough's Giles Hargreave has been moving up the market cap spectrum in his Special Situations fund to boost liquidity, following a wave of inflows.

BNP Paribas has gained regulatory approval to launch a UCITS compliant European structured product, aiming to generate an 8% return per annum.

Jupiter has hired Maarten Slendebroek from BlackRock as an executive director, to spearhead the group's distribution strategy as the business gears up for the post RDR-world.

Standard Life Investments has hired Kirsty Desson as an Asia Pacific analyst on Harry Nimmo's Global Smaller Companies fund.

LGIM's HODGES

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has hired Marion Stommel from institutional house WestLB Mellon Asset Management (WMAM) as its new head of credit, following the departure of Christophe Tamet.