Nick Tolchard, head of international development at Invesco Perpetual, relays his excitement at the prospects for 2008 in view of the galloping pace of developments across the international arena to Sarah Godfrey
Q: Explain the role of the international development division. A: In bringing together Invesco, GT and Perpetual, one of the challenges we faced was a very diverse spread of clients in terms of intermediaries across different distribution channels, jurisdictions, territories and regions, and a patchy understanding of who our clients were and their needs. That brought a degree of operational and reputational risk: given Invesco Perpetual is one of the leading players in the UK and Invesco is a leading player globally, it was important to address these legacy issues. We went though a proces...
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