Moore's new role

Philip Moore, the former chief executive of Friends Provident, has joined Pension Corporation (PC), the pension buyout firm, almost a year after being ousted from the insurer after the collapse of its planned £8.8 billion merger with Resolution. Mr Moore — who was forced to step down last December when Resolution ditched the deal in favour of an alternative tie-up with Pearl, a rival — will be “facilitating the strategic development” of PC, the buyout firm said. Mr Moore, who previously was Friends' finance director, becomes group finance partner, effective immediately.

Jeffrey steps up

Richard Jeffrey will take on the role of chief investment officer at Cazenove Capital when Anne West steps down in January. Ms West will stay involved, on a part-time basis, with Cazenove Capital's Private Wealth Management business. Mr Jeffrey joined Cazenove Capital this year to work alongside Ms West as chief economist and strategist. He previously held senior roles at Hoare Govett (now ABN Amro), Charterhouse Securities, Bridgewell and Ingenious Securities.

Hall joins KBC

Charles Hall has joined KBC Peel Hunt (KBC), the British investment bank, as head of equity research. He joins KBC from Panmure Gordon, where he was head of small and mid-cap research. Before that, he worked at Cazenove as an analyst for ten years. Mr Hall has 20 years of experience working as an analyst in the City and was the AIM analyst of the year in 2007. KBC has also appointed Nick Battram as leisure analyst, who has moved from Collins Stewart, and Henry Carver as support services analyst, who also joins from Panmure.

New board members

The Securities & Investment Institute has announced the appointment of Richard Charnock and Frank Moxon to its board. Mr Charnock is chief executive officer of Standard Life Wealth. He previously was chief executive of Williams de Broë and before that chief executive of Lloyds TSB Private Banking and Lloyds TSB Stockbrokers. Mr Moxon is managing director of Hoyt Moxon, the corporate finance consultancy, and is a former head of corporate finance at Williams de Broë.

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