Belchere Joins JPMorgan As Head of Asian Economic & Policy Research.Business Editors HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 JPMorgan announced today that William Belchere joined JPMorgan as Managing Director and Head of Asian Economic and Policy Research. In this role, Mr. Belchere will report to John Lipsky, JPMorgan's Chief Economist The Chief Economist is a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis. It is distinguished from the other economist positions by the broader scope of responsibility encompassing the . Mr. Belchere will also assume the newly created title of Asia Research Coordinator, insuring that the insight available from JPMorgan's extensive Asian Research team is effectively integrated. Previously, Mr. Belchere was Managing Director and Chief Asian Economist at Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , responsible for Asian currency and fixed-income strategy and research for the region. While at Merrill, Mr. Belchere won top honors from Finance Asia, the International Financing Review and Institutional Investor Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. for research during the Asian currency crisis. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Belchere was Policy Advisor in the monetary unit of the central bank of Indonesia. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Economics from the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
"Bill is a tremendous addition to our global team," said John Lipsky. "We are confident that his exceptional knowledge of the Asian markets and award-winning approach to research will provide our clients with the best analysis in the region." Mr. Belchere's arrival comes shortly after JPMorgan's European economics team ranked number one in Institutional Investor's annual 2002 All-Europe Fixed-Income Research survey, reflecting the leadership position of JPMorgan's global economic and policy research. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is a leading global financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. firm with assets of $741 billion and operations in more than 50 countries. With relationships with over 99% of the Fortune 1000 companies, the firm is a leader in investment banking, asset management, private banking, private equity, custody and transaction services, and retail and middle market financial services. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. , JPMorgan Chase is headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and serves more than 30 million consumer customers and the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. Information about JPMorgan Chase is available on the internet at www.jpmorganchase.com |
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