Edison makes double hire to investment companies team

Victoria Chernykh and Richard Sloss join as investment directors

Edison Group has made a double hire to its investment companies team with Victoria Chernykh and Richard Sloss joining the firm as investment directors.

The research and investor relations consultancy said the additions will help it expand and enhance its investment companies capabilities, broadening the team out to ten analysts. Chernykh joins from Panmure Gordon, where she spent just over three years heading up its investment funds research team, while Sloss, who will be based in Edinburgh, makes the move from Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, where he had been director of UK equity sales for nearly five years. 7IM appoints former Aegon UK CEO as chairman Edison's director of research Neil Shah said Chernykh's "outstanding reputation and...