SSGA appoints iShares' Perryman as UK head of ETFs

Spent eight years at BlackRock

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has hired BlackRock's Claire Perryman as head of its SPDR ETF business in the UK.

Perryman will be based in London and report to Rory Tobin (pictured), co-head of the global SPDR business. Within her new role she will be responsible for leading, managing and developing the SPDR ETF business in the UK. Amundi unveils plans to expand physical ETF range She joins from BlackRock, where she spent eight years as UK head of iShares wealth management and retail sales. Prior to joining BlackRock, she spent three years as head of institutional business development for a multi-manager hedge fund. Outside of ETFs, Perryman is also a non-executive director for the Charter...