Rowan Dartington poaches two from Ashcourt Rowan

Stephens leaves his current post as group investment director to become chief investment officer at Rowan Dartington. At Ashcourt Rowan he was responsible for the performance and management of the firm's £1.2bn discretionary investment management business and was on the group Board. Cockerill, current head of collectives research at Ashcourt Rowan, will take up the same title at Rowan Dartington. The moves were announced internally yesterday.