Sarasin expands sales team with two new hires

Sarasin & Partners has expanded its sales team with two new hires, in an effort to increase the distribution of its offering to the discretionary market.

Marc Robinson joins from Pioneer Global Investors, where he was EMEA sales director, and Ally Kidd moves from her role as head of broker sales and CRM at Liontrust. In his new role, Robinson will be sales director responsible for increasing the firm's distribution across London and the South. Kidd will join in January to manage the client support function and strategic client relationships within the firm's discretionary offering. The hires come after the firm made several changes to its fund range earlier in the year, including a name change and fee cut on its GlobalSar Strategic...