News in brief - 13 August 2025

Together has bolstered its corporate finance team by appointing Artin Namoni as its new corporate sales director for London and the South East. Namoni boasts a 15-year financial services career in UK-based and European roles, and joins the property lender from Sedulo. As part of his new role, he will be responsible for building relationships with corporate clients and advisers on behalf of Together as it looks to expand its corporate propositions across the UK.

RAW Capital Partners has announced two promotions as part of the development of its sales team. Harry Burrett, who joined the investment management firm at the end of 2023, has been promoted from business development manager to head of intermediary sales. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading the intermediary sales function, driving its continued success and ensuring that it continues to align with the evolving needs of brokers and international investors. Harry Downer has also been promoted from sales development representative to business development executive. He joined the firm at the start of 2024 and in his new role, he will begin managing intermediary relationships of his own while continuing to support the broader sales strategy.

SimplyBiz has broadened its business consultancy service with the addition of a new proposition designed to support advisers through the full diagnostic analysis and creation of a compliant ongoing review service. Delivered through a series of consultative sessions, the ongoing review service option will include an assessment of firms’ charging models, client agreements and disengagement policies and a review of their monitoring systems and MI readiness. The review service joins a host of business consultancy propositions from SimplyBiz, which includes support for firms around charging structures, centralised investment and retirement propositions, Consumer Duty implementation and annual review delivery.



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