NEWS UPDATE: Advance appoints new head of distribution

advisers investors fund manager

26 September 2008
| By By Sara Rich |

Advance Asset Management has appointed Peter Folkes as head of distribution and sales following the departure of Greg Newman in May.

Folkes will be responsible for distributing the St George-owned fund manager’s 60 funds to advisers and investors.

He joins Advance after a five-year stint at Goldman Sachs JBWere as a national account manager. Newman cited personal reasons for his decision to depart Advance.

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