Fiera Capital has appointed Alain Meyer (pictured) to go up its new workplace in Switzerland, as a part of its European enlargement plans.
The Montreal-headquartered asset supervisor with $115bn (£91.2bn) beneath administration mentioned that the workplace will function the first hub for Fiera Capital’s intermediaries enterprise within the EMEA area, and institutional purchasers within the DACH area.
Meyer will maintain the position of managing director, head of intermediaries EMEA and head of DACH.
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“Given its standing as one of many world’s most necessary wealth centres, Switzerland was a pure subsequent step in our development story,” mentioned Klaus Schuster, government director and chief government, Fiera Capital EMEA.
“We’ve each the potential and the breadth of providing essential to capitalise on the monetary innovation the nation is understood for and create long-term worth by way of deeper entry to investable alternatives throughout the continent. Having boots on the bottom allows us to ship the first-class service our purchasers already know us for, whereas introducing a extremely differentiated method to a area that we perceive effectively.”
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Fiera Capital mentioned that Meyer is an trade veteran with over 20 years in enterprise improvement with a principal give attention to Switzerland.
Meyer and his workforce will probably be chargeable for the strategic development of the corporate’s institutional and intermediaries enterprise in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, in addition to cultivating and rising relationships with household workplaces, non-public banks, wealth and asset managers and enormous IFA platforms throughout Europe.
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He joins from PineBridge Investments, the place he served as managing director and nation head for Switzerland and Austria, and head of middleman distribution, Europe for seven years. Previous to that, he oversaw institutional gross sales at Aviva Buyers.
Fiera Capital mentioned that Meyer has been appointed to the EMEA senior administration workforce and can increase his personal workforce throughout the yr to help the corporate’s development technique.
The brand new workplace and rent comply with the latest appointments of chief executives for EMEA (Klaus Schuster), US (Eric Roberts) and Canada (Maxime Ménard).
