Barclays Wealth has appointed ex-Merrill Lynch structured product specialist Mitch Cox as head of its global investment and product office with a mandate to lead its activities in the Americas from his New York office. "Barclays is poised to become one of the world's premier wealth managers and advisers," said Thomas Kalaris, chief executive, Barclays Wealth. "With his joining comes the potential for us to fundamentally shift our investment and product capabilities in terms of scale, portfolio
