JPMAM takes top spots in Thomson Reuters Extel Survey

JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is delighted to announce that it has been named Leading Pan-European Fund Management Firm in the Thomson Reuters Extel Survey 2008. The survey rated fund management firms on their overall quality of service and industry knowledge. In addition, Peter Lawrence was named as Leading Pan-European Fund Management Individual in this prestigious survey, and Asif Jeevanjee as runner-up in the same category. Lawrence covers the European machinery/electrical/aerospace & defence sectors for JPMAM, with Jeevanjee covering transportation/commercial services/leisure sectors.

This is the second successive year that a JPMAM analyst has taken top spot. Asif Jeevanjee was named as the number one buy-side analyst in the 2007 survey.

The Thomson Reuters Extel Survey is published annually, and represents the weighted views of over 7,500 investment professionals from 63 countries, making it the most extensive assessment of the European investment community ever undertaken.

Patrick Vermeulen, Head of Research Driven Process, European Equities at JPMorgan Asset Management said, "As a business, we are constantly reviewing the offering to our clients and aiming to provide the highest quality of products and services in the market place, so it is extremely rewarding to be endorsed in this way. The double recognition from the Thomson Reuters Extel Survey is acknowledgement of JPMAM's high quality research capability, and underscores our continued commitment to the provision of innovative research to support JPMAM's range of funds.'