A&G hires a former Sabadell and KPMG employee to expand its fund selection team.

New signings in the financial sector . A&G Private Banking strengthens its third-party fund analysis and selection team with the addition of Alejandro García Ruiz and Íñigo de la Joya to the team led by Francisco Julve.

Alejandro joins A&G from Tradition Broker, where he was part of the Cross Asset Solutions team, working on the design of tailored investment solutions through structured products. During this time, he has worked closely with private banks, family offices , fund managers, and insurance companies in both Spain and Latin America. Previously, he was part of the discretionary portfolio management team at Sabadell Urquijo Gestión , with a primary focus on equity funds. There, he participated in the launch of the manager's first quantitative fund, driving the integration of quantitative tools into the investment methodology.

Alejandro holds a degree in aerospace engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and a master's degree in quantitative finance from AFI. He also holds EFPA certification.

Íñigo joins from KPMG Spain , where he spent two years developing his career in financial risk. During this time, he has been involved in projects focused on credit and market risk, working with capital and provisioning models, as well as advising international financial institutions on their product portfolios.

Iñigo holds a degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), where he also completed his Master's degree.

Established in the Madrid office, both new hires reinforce A&G's commitment to offering its clients specialized service within its open architecture model, which provides access to a wide range of investment funds, styles, and asset classes. They join Santiago Royuela and Alberto Jiménez Díez on the third-party fund analysis and selection team.

Francisco Julve, Head of Third-Party Fund Analysis and Selection, noted that "these two additions, which provide our department with new talent, enthusiasm, and extensive technical training, help us form a versatile team capable of covering three distinct areas : analysis and selection of liquid funds and ETFs; private market strategies; and the design of investment solutions through structured products."