GAM hires insto specialist from BlackRock

GAM Investments has appointed Sophie McFadyen as senior manager of the organisation's institutional business.

In her new role, McFadyen will be responsible for growing the firm's institutional market in Australia. She will report to GAM's head of Australia, Alex Zaika. "We are delighted to welcome Sophie, who will further support GAM's growth in Australia and New Zealand with our differentiated investment solutions. She is highly regarded in the industry and I'm excited to be working with her again."

McFadyen and Zaika worked together when the latter was the head of wealth for iShares Australia and McFadyen was the VP of institutional client business. Before joining BlackRock, MFadyen was an associate with Credit Suisse' prime brokerage sales and capital services. She started her career in financial services as an analyst with Credit Suisse in Hong Kong.