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Deals & People April 21, 2011
JPMAM Adds to Fixed Income Team
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has hired Bob Fields as Executive
Director and Client Portfolio Manager in the Tax Aware Fixed Income
Group.
Reported by PLANADVISER staff
Fields will be responsible for West Coast sales and client relationship development across the wealth management channels of JPMAM’s fixed income business.
According to the company, Fields previously served as Municipal Product Manager and Senior Vice President at PIMCO, where he was responsible for managing PIMCO’s municipal business. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2001, Fields served as Head of Sales and Business Development and founding member of eBondTrade.com, an online municipal bond investment bank.
Prior to that, he worked in the fixed income division of Goldman Sachs & Co, where he spearheaded the firm’s West Coast municipal fixed income sales operations.You Might Also Like:
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