Movers & shakers: July 13

● Santander Asset Management has appointed Ileana Salas as global head of institutional sales, based in London. Ms Salas joins from Bradesco Asset Management.

● Henderson, the £89.4bn global asset manager, has hired Rebekka Lambert as head of institutional marketing from Eaton Vance, where she held a similar role.

● John Rushen has moved to Insight Investment as head of institutional for Emea, a newly created role. Mr Rushen joins the $590bn asset management group owned by BNY Mellon from Aon Hewitt.

● Two new appointments at Fulcrum Asset Management, the £2.4bn boutique. Fiona Boal joins as director of commodity research from Hermes Investment Management, while Matthieu Walterspiler moves to Fulcrum from Goldman Sachs to take on the role of director of equity research.

● Paul Sweeting has joined Legal & General Investment Management as head of research in the LGIM solutions group, a newly created role. Mr Sweeting, a former professor of actuarial science, previously worked at JPMorgan Asset Management where he was European head of the strategy group.

● Louis-Charles Nérot has moved to JPMorgan Asset Management as a sales manager in the financial advisory team for France. Mr Nérot was previously at Marne et Finance.

● Affiliated Managers Group, the $638bn multi-boutique, has hired Robert Bee as UK head of distribution from Ashmore Group.

● William Kennedy, a UBS veteran, is to take on the role of global head of distribution for UBS Global Asset Management, replacing Andreas Schlatter who is retiring from investment management to focus on his academic career.

● Aviva Investors has appointed Giles Parkinson as global equities fund manager. Mr Parkinson joins the £247bn asset management arm of Aviva, the insurer, from Artemis.

● Tove Bångstad has moved from Credit Suisse to Amundi, the French asset manager, to take on the role of head of Nordic clients.

● Standard Life Investments, the £258.4bn Edinburgh-based fund manager, has appointed Gerry Fowler as investment director of idea generation in the multi-asset investment team. Mr Fowler previously worked at BNP Paribas as global head of equity and derivatives strategy.

● Peter Douvos has moved from Invesco Asset Management to Macquarie Investment Management as head of consultant relations.