Wealth managers

BlackRock's head of UK small- and mid-cap equities Ralph Cox has resigned after over 15 years at the firm.

Former Old Mutual Asset Managers(OMAM) chief investment officer Eoin Murray has joined Hermes as head of its investment office.

Billionaire investor George Soros is finally retiring from fund management at the age of 84 to focus on political philanthropy.

Charles Stanley Group's chief financial officer James Rawlingson has left the business, handing his responsibilities to Ben Money-Coutts.

James Sullivan's new venture Coram Asset Management has launched a trio of funds as his former Miton co-manager Martin Gray joins the business.

Lombard Odier's Swiss equities specialist Patrick Huber has joined Mirabaud Asset Management as the firm bolsters its large-cap desk.

T. Rowe Price has appointed the former head of retail at F&C as head of intermediary relationship management, UK and Ireland.

Former executive chairman of Brewin Dolphin Jamie Matheson has been appointed chairman of Saracen Fund Managers.

Rob Hudson, currently head of Charles Stanley Direct, is joining Aberdeen Asset Management to develop the group's digital proposition.

Former Schroders chief investment officer Alan Brown has stepped down from the board of the Investment Management Association (IMA).