The latest moves in wealth management across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Notenstein La Roche
Swiss private bank Notenstein La Roche has appointed Walter Ernst as head of western Europe for the private banking unit, WealthBriefing understands.

Ernst is taking on a new role created as a result of the Swiss private bank's restructuring, with western Europe being run as an independent region.

He was previously at St Galler Kantonalbank for three years, the last two as head of its private bank in Germany. Previously, he ran Vadian Bank, which was integrated SGKB two years ago.

Artemis Investment Management
UK-based Artemis Investment Management has appointed Andy Marsh to work alongside Adrian Frost and Nick Shenton as part of the Artemis Income team in February 2018.

Having trained with EY, Marsh qualified as an accountant in 1997, before working as an analyst for ING Charterhouse and then for Merrill Lynch. In 2005 he moved to Investec Investment Bank as head of equity sales.

For the last 11 years, Marsh has managed money at Polar Capital, where he was a partner.

Bedell Cristin
Bedell Cristin, offshore law firm and trust company, has promoted Charlotte Beddoe and Rebecca Stannard to strengthen its senior management team. 

Beddoe, who joined the firm in 2016, has been appointed head of risk and compliance. Previously deputy head of risk and compliance, Beddoe has worked in the finance industry for 15 years, predominantly for fiduciary and law firms. 

Stannard, who is the new head of marketing and business development, joined the firm in 2016 and has more than 15 years’ experience in marketing, communications and business development within the finance industry. She previously worked for two different private equity backed trust companies and a global bank.

The firm has offices in Jersey, Guernsey, London, Dublin, Geneva, Mauritius and British Virgin Islands.

Fidante Partners
Fidante Partners, the international investment management business, has appointed Joachim Klement as head of investment research in its London office.  He replaces Tom Skinner, who remains at Fidante as head of product development.

Klement has 14 years of industry experience and is currently chairman of the board of trustees for the CFA Institute Research Foundation. Most recently, he served as head of thematic research at Credit Suisse UK. Prior to this, Klement was chief investment officer and partner at Wellershoff & Partners, an independent investment and economic consulting firm based in Zurich.

He also spent five years at UBS, latterly as head of strategic research and equity strategy for its wealth management arm. 

The new hire will be responsible for leading the research team and creating informative, educational publications that cover the investment company sector with a strong focus on alternatives; including hedge funds, credit and lending strategies, infrastructure, private equity, and property (commercial and alternative).

Klement reports directly to Cathy Hales, global head of Fidante Partners.