British wealth management firm Charles Stanley has poached Jeremy Hippolite from Standard Life Wealth to serve as its new head of asset management development.
In the new role, Hippolite will be responsible for boosting the sales of the firm’s managed portfolio service on third party platforms.
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He will report to the head of intermediary sales Steve Hill.
At Standard Life Wealth, Hippolite led international business development.
His 25-year financial career also includes stints at Kleinwort Benson, CreditSuisse Asset Management, Coutts and Abbey National Offshore (Portugal).
Charles Stanley group head of distribution John Porteous said: “Jeremy is a highly driven and motivated professional with an exemplary track record of working with UHNW clients, IFAs, Professional intermediaries and trustees and forging long term relationships and business flows.
“He is ideally placed to help us continue building our relationships with strategic partners, regional IFAs and platform providers.
“His appointment reflects our strategy to grow in the professional intermediaries market where we have a reputation of providing a genuine personal service in a market which is increasingly becoming standardised.”
Recent developments
Last month, Charles Stanley purchased discretionary investment manager Myddleton Croft. The acquired business brought £96.5m in funds under management.
Earlier this year, Charles Stanley launched its first office in Northern Ireland. The office is located in Belfast.
