Pioneer expands Iberia team
SPAIN/PORTUGAL - Pioneer Investments has appointed Teresa Molins as senior sales manager of its institutional business in Spain and Portugal.
Molins will join co-manager Almudena Mendaza to develop the company's institutional asset management business as well as oversee Iberian sales. She will report to José Castellano, head of Iberia, North...
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