Feb 06, 2012
--- J.P. Morgan Asset Management hired Roberts Grava as
managing director in its Strategy Group. ---
The
Strategy Group, one of the company’s primary centers for research, is focused
on investment policy issues of greatest concern to corporate, public and
Taft-Hartley plans, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, central
banks and insurance companies.
In
his new role, Grava will be primarily focused on expanding the company’s
strategic dialogue with large sovereign wealth fund and central bank clients, and producing in-depth proprietary research and customized investment solutions.
Grava
rejoins the company from The World Bank, where he most recently served as head
of Quantitative Strategies, Risk and Analytics, which provided advisory
services for more than 40 central bank, national pension fund and sovereign
wealth fund clients, and middle office support for global fixed income and
multi-asset investment portfolios.
Grava
spent 2007 to 2010 at J.P. Morgan Asset Management as a senior client portfolio
manager in Fixed Income, prior to which he served as principal financial
officer for The World Bank’s Treasury department, and was instrumental in the
growth and development of their Reserve Advisory and Management Program (RAMP).
Grava spent 11 years at Latvijas Banka (Bank of Latvia), where he was a member
of the bank’s board and Chief Investment Officer.
Tara Cantore