Jupiter has named Kiran Nandra-Koehrer as head of equities, and Matthew Morgan (pictured) as head of fixed income, as CEO Matthew Beesley’s restructuring plans continue apace.
The firm said that the newly-created roles will provide more focused and effective investment oversight and more targeted business support to its investment capabilities. Thus, Jupiter will no longer have a CIO, nor a deputy CIO, having announced plans to split the role in October.
Nandra-Koehrer will join as head of equities in the new year, leaving her role as head of emerging equities at Pictet Asset Management. For the majority of her seven-year stint at the firm, she was an emerging equities portfolio manager.
Prior to joining Pictet, Nandra-Koehrer spent 12 years at Wellington Management, where she worked in relationship management, investment research, and product specialist functions across multiple equity strategies.
A Jupiter spokesperson has confirmed to Portfolio Adviser that John Chatfeild-Roberts, who heads the firm’s Merlin independent funds team, will cover as head of equities on an interim basis until Nandra-Koehrer arrives.
Morgan was promoted to head of fixed income in October, and is focused on developing the firm’s fixed-income capabilities. He joined Jupiter from Blackrock in 2019 as multi-asset investment director, before becoming investment director across Jupiter’s fixed-income and multi-asset platform.
Both Nandra-Koehrer and Morgan will report directly to Beesley, and will work closely with the company’s distribution, stewardship, data science, and trading investment risk teams.
Beesley, said: “As CEO, I remain closely engaged with our investment function. Working with me, Jupiter’s new heads of equities and fixed income will offer strategic leadership and oversight across our investment teams, leaving managers free to focus on the management of their portfolios and delivering returns for their investors. I look forward to working closely with both Kiran and Matt as we continue to drive forward our strategic goals across the asset classes.”
