JPM hires Neptune's Larkin as part of sales team restructure

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has hired Andrew Larkin, formerly head of strategic partnerships at Neptune, as it refocuses its sales team on its most important clients.

Larkin will head up the newly-formed global strategic relationships management (GSRM) team within JPMAM's UK fund sales unit, and report to Jasper Berens (pictured), head of UK funds. He and his team will focus on sales across key client areas, notably advisory and discretionary fund panels, insurance and platforms, and wealth managers. Jamie Farquhar will head the fund panelling team and Nick Keem will lead the wealth management team, with a new insurance & platforms head to be announced in due course. Mike Parsons, formerly head of UK intermediary sales, will take over as head of...