Tuesday, 14th October 2008

 

Merrill hires senior manager from Lombard Odier for Swiss unit

Merrill Lynch has taken on a new head of portfolio management in Geneva from Swiss private bank Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, in order to expand the investment capabilities of the portfolio management team.

Pascal Bachy will report to Patrizio Merciai, head of discretionary portfolio management Switzerland.

Bachy has 16 years experience in the private banking sector. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he was a team leader and private banker in the private client asset management business at Lombard Odier. He was also a member of the investment committee and head of portfolio management for the firm’s Japanese operations.

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Mayfair goes Modern

Sebastian + Barquet, a three-year old design gallery based in New York and Chelsea, is opening a new gallery showing museum quality pieces in Mayfair next month, the first in London to focus on international modernism from the 1940s to the 1960s. Its opening exhibition is dedicated to American modernist design and is curated by celebrated architect Eric Parry.

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Indian billionaires lift London

Lakshmi Mittal, the Indian steel tycoon with a £28bn (€35bn) fortune, has three houses on London’s most exclusive road, Kensington Palace Gardens.

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