04/08/2010 Author: Edward Dean

Barclays Wealth expands alternative investment teams

Barclays Wealth has made four senior appointments to its Alternative Investment Origination and Distribution teams, as the firm continues to build out its hedge fund operations.

The firm’s EMEA AI Distribution team has a new director in the form of Jamie Murray, who arrives from Broadgate Mainland where he was responsible for hedge fund public relations. Emily Smart (nee Stevenson), previously a director at UBS AG Wealth Management, joins the AI Distribution team as a hedge fund specialist and will report to Murray.

In origination, Sarah Newman, most recently with credit Suisse, has joined as head of hedge fund origination, while Boudewijn Jansen arrives as head of private equity origination, from HSBC Alternative Investments. Both will report to Thomas Fekete, EMEA head of investment products at Barclays Wealth.

Commenting on the new appointments, Craig Lewis, Barclays Wealth’s EMEA head of relationship management and distribution, said: “Clearly Alternative Investments are an integral part of our global Private bank offering. In hiring Jamie and Emily, Barclays Wealth has demonstrated we are able to attract the best people to deliver AI solutions.”