Aviva Investors has appointed Fabrice Pellous as co-head of global high yield.

Pellous will work alongside co-head of global high yield, Sunita Kara, to lead the firm’s High Yield team and will report directly to global head of fixed income, Fraser Lundie. He has more than 25 years of experience in the investment industry, most recently as a high yield and emerging market manager at Invesco, where he spent more than a decade. Pellous has also held various roles at Legal & General, AllianceBernstein, and AXA Investment Management.

Brown Shipley, a Quintet Private Bank, has named Kate Richardson as a client adviser in London.

Richardson will report to team leader London domestic, James Blashfield, and has more than 17 years of experience in wealth management. Prior to joining Brown Shipley, Richardson was a senior client adviser for the south west region at UBS Wealth Management. She brings experience in managing high-net-worth clients and has a successful track record of client acquisition, long-term relationship management and strong intermediary networks.

Quilter Investors has appointed Sophie Outhwaite as senior manager research analyst.

Outhwaite will be primarily responsible for covering Europe and UK equities, and will report to Quilter Investors head of manager research, Kristian Cassar. She brings 16 years of industry experience to the role and most recently held the position of head of investment research solutions at Fidelity International. Prior to that Outhwaite spent nearly 12 years in wealth management at Whitley Asset Management (recently acquired by Cazenove) and Stanhope Capital. At Stanhope Capital, Outhwaite held the positions of head of equities and head of responsible investment.

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