UBS poaches BNY Mellon investment solutions head

UBS Global Asset Management has hired BNY Mellon's ex-head of investment solutions Ryan Rajkumar.

Rajkumar has been hired as sales director covering the group's strategic partners at UBS.  He joined from BNY Mellon where he worked as head of investment solutions for two years from June 2010. He has eighteen years investment experience during which time he has worked for groups including Salomon Brothers International, Hill Samuel Investment Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) and Fidelity International. Rajkumar will assist Steve Hutton, who joined UBS three months ago as head of UK wholesale. Hutton was hired to spearhead the firm's drive into the third p...