River Global head of UK wholesale Simon Smith exits

Joined from Merian Global

Head of UK wholesale at River Global Simon Smith is set to retire from the firm, Investment Week has learned.

Smith joined the firm from Merian Global Investors in 2020, arriving at then River and Mercantile prior to the completion of Jupiter Asset Management's acquisition of Merian. He served as head of UK wholesale distribution for two years at Merian, and held the same role for almost a decade at Old Mutual Global Investors, prior to which he worked at abrdn, joining Standard Life Investments in 1999. River Global taps Royal London AM and Vanguard for sales hires He joined the firm as head of UK discretionary sales, a role he held for ten years, before taking on his first head of UK who...