Moonfare head of UK and Ireland departs for private markets rival

investmentweek.co.uk:

Cotton joins from Moonfare, where he served as head of UK and Ireland, and helped establish the firm's UK subsidiary.

Cotton takes on a role as a managing director, focusing on business development across Europe for Troviq, which rebranded last October from Truffle.

He joins from Moonfare, where he served as head of UK and Ireland, and helped establish the firm's UK subsidiary.

Prior to this, Cotton held roles across Delio, Edmond de Rothschild and Barclays Wealth, along with brief spells at Santander Asset Management, Dalton Strategic Partnership, now part of Polar Capital, and Banco Banif, now part of the Santander Group.

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Founder and managing director of Troviq Jason Proctor said: «I am delighted to welcome Ed to our team as we look to build on our growth and expand our offering to our partners.

»The democratisation of private markets has rapidly evolved and our mission is to be at the forefront of this by supporting our wealth management and family office partners with bespoke private markets solutions.

«Ed's deep knowledge and relationships with wealth management and family offices will be integral as we continue delivering bespoke private markets solutions to our partners.»

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Cotton added: «Troviq has established itself as a leading independent buy-side partner of wealth managers, family offices or any other firm that is keen to provide its network with access to the best of private markets without the typical complexities involved.

»I am thrilled to join the firm at this exciting growth stage and bring unique investment opportunities, structuring solutions and portfolio