Speaking to Mike Sheen, Fergus McCarthy, head of UK & Ireland intermediary distribution, reflects on four years at BNY Mellon, the impact of RDR and eyeing new products for the UK market.
After four years spent restructuring BNY Mellon Investment Management's sales approach in the UK, head of UK & Ireland intermediary distribution Fergus McCarthy's focus has now shifted to boosting the brand awareness of Insight Investment and its US boutiques and "leading the market in terms of new products". BNY Mellon IM to merge three boutiques to create multi-asset giant When he left his role as a sales director at Investec AM to join BNY Mellon in 2014, McCarthy set about ensuring the firm's sales team was fit for a post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) market; a regulatory shake...
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