UK – JP Morgan Investor Services has appointed former Mercer institutional specialist, Richard Dinham, as an investment consultant, in a bid to boost the group’s Europe, Middle East and Africa performance, analytics and consulting division.

“Richard brings a wealth of investment consulting experience, which will help us bolster our existing services to clients in the region. Richard’s mathematical and actuarial skills will complement our asset liability analysis offering,” says David Webb, head of performance, analytics and consulting in Europe, Middle East and Africa at JP Morgan.

The group provides performance measurement, risk analysis, value at risk measurement, asset allocation optimisation, asset liability studies, total fund reviews and fund manager evaluations to its custody clients.

Dinham previously worked for William M Mercer as an investment consultant, responsible for institutional pension fund clients.

JP Morgan Investor Services, formerly Chase Global Investor Services, is the custody and investor related services provider of JP Morgan Treasury and Securities Services.