IFR 02.29.2020

18 International Financing Review February 29 2020

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„ CITIGROUP has

appointed Alvaro

Revuelta and Jorge

Ramos as co-heads of

investment banking in

the Iberia region.

Ramos will remain in

his role as head of

Citi’s infrastructure

franchise for EMEA,

which he has held

since 2014. He joined

Citi in 2000 in its

investment banking

division in Spain, and

relocated to London in

2008 to lead

alternative energy

coverage for EMEA.

Revuelta joined Citi in

2004 and has been in

charge of originating

and executing BCMA

transactions in Spain.

„ ROYAL LONDON

ASSET

MANAGEMENT has

launched a global

sustainable equity

fund and has hired

George Crowdy to co-

manage the fund.

Crowdy joins RLAM

after 10 years at Janus

Henderson, where he

was a member of its

global sustainable

equity team. RLAM

said Crowdy would

manage the fund with

Mike Fox, head of

sustainable

investments. The fund

will consist of a

concentrated and

active portfolio of

30-50 stocks.

„ Veteran investment

banker Kefei Li has

joined HAITONG

INTERNATIONAL as

co-head of investment

banking, sources said.

Li works alongside co-

head Sean Huang.

Prior to joining

Haitong, Li worked at

Deutsche Bank for four

years, lastly as

chairman of Asia-

Pacific ECM. Li left

Deutsche in August,

after the German

lender pulled out of

equity underwriting in

Asia-Pacific. Haitong

International is the

Hong Kong investment

banking arm of

Shanghai-based

Haitong Securities.

All three

banks have

been at pains

to show how

smooth their

succession

planning has

been, so it’s

terrifying to

think how

they’ll behave

when they do

something on

the spur of the

moment

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