Kleinwort Benson poaches fixed income head from Barclays

Kleinwort Benson has hired Fadi Zaher from Barclays Wealth & Investment Management as head of bonds and currencies.

Zaher (pictured) was head of fixed income strategy for EMEA in Barclays' wealth division and will be in charge of "defining, building and leading" the bond and currency strategy in his new role. He will work closely with the group's fixed income portfolio managers and CIO Mouhammed Choukeir to build solutions for ultra high net worth clients in the UK and Channel Islands. Zaher has previously worked at Rabobank, the European Central Bank and the Financial Services Authority. Choukeir said: "Fadi will be a great addition to our team as we strengthen our client proposition and expand...