The latest moves in North America's wealth management industry.

Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck PC
Manhattan law firm Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck PC, which covers areas including private client work, has named long-time partner Roger Raimond as a managing partner. 

Raimond, who has been serving in the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution department since 1992, is succeeding Ron Goodman in the role. Goodman has served in this capacity for 12 years of his 32-year tenure at the firm and will continue as chair of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution department. 

Raimond’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation with a specialty in real estate, environmental, and commercial foreclosure matters as well as business law.

The law firm has more than 50 attorneys. Clients include public and private corporations, real estate owners and developers, labor unions, contractors, hotels, restaurants, entertainers and private individuals.

Sarasin
Sarasin Asset Management, the US-client subsidiary of Europe’s Sarasin & Partners, has hired investment professional Sean McCaffrey, to be based in the US.

McCaffrey – who has been appointed senior vice president, US distribution and consultant relations – is tasked with leading growth of Sarasin’s US charities and institutional business.

Prior to this, McCaffrey worked at CBIS, a New York-based socially responsible investment management group, where he developed key contacts across the institutional and consultancy space. He has more than three decades of experience working in investment sales and client relations, for companies such as APS Asset Management and Endowment Capital Group.

Sarasin & Partners is a global thematic ESG asset manager – with £14.7 billion (end-December 2019) invested on behalf of charities, private clients and institutions. Sarasin Asset Management, which has been registered as a US investment advisor since 2003, manages more than $510 million (end-December 2019) in US client assets. The group offers tailored solutions for a variety of US clients including endowments, not-for-profits, institutions, domestic private clients, family offices and UK expats.

“As the world grapples with climate change, the widespread adoption of ESG factors by investors has particularly driven demand for our Climate Active and Global Thematic strategies in the US. Sean’s in-depth understanding of socially responsible investing makes him a natural fit for promoting the Sarasin approach,” Ruadhri Duncan, investment director, said.