Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – KKR, Edward Jones, Others

Editorial Staff

13 January 2024

KKR
Alternative assets investment powerhouse , aka KKR & Co, has appointed Kimberly A Ross (pictured) to join its board of directors, taking KKR’s independent director total to 10 out of 14 board seats.

Ross is the former chief financial officer of several public companies, including WeWork, Baker Hughes Company, Avon Products, and Royal Ahold.

Edward Jones
Financial services firm , a firm working with wealth managers and other financial players to help them research funds and carry out due diligence work, has appointed former Columbia Threadneedle Investments senior figure Joe Kringdon as head of North America.

At Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Kringdon was head of US distribution. Before this, he worked at Pioneer Investments, Putnam and Smith Barney in senior roles.

Door calls itself the “digital interface used by professional investors and investment platforms to access up-to-date information for fund research and operational due diligence.” The firm works with more than 260 asset managers and more than 280 research teams in 39 countries.