North's Roberts joins JPM Fusion team

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed North Investment Partners' Nicholas Roberts as portfolio manager for the JPM Fusion Funds, reporting to lead manager Tony Lanning.

The Fusion range, launched in March 2013, consists of five actively-managed, risk-rated funds. Roberts previously served as fund manager at North alongside John Husselbee, responsible for portfolio management of seven multi-manager funds. He was previously a multi-manager analyst at Gartmore, and has also worked as head of fund research at Williams de Broë. "J.P. Morgan's new Fusion range is an exciting opportunity," Roberts said. "A key attraction of the role was the ability to draw upon a fantastic resource at the asset allocation level, whilst also having access to a highly impr...