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French financial services firm Kepler Cheuvreux has appointed Jean-Pierre Ané as managing director, deputy group general manager, head of business development. In his new role, Ané (pictured) will be responsible for leveraging the group’s strengths to develop new businesses and realise new synergies to reinforce the group’s growth momentum and make it stronger in the long term. Previously, Ané was deputy head of Kepler Cheuvreux Solutions (KCS), an independent