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20 June 2014 F&C Investments makes two appointments in new Head of Wholesale roles

John Bennett hired as Head of Wholesale Institutions

Martin Weisinger appointed Head of Wholesale Private Wealth

F&C Investments today announced it has created two new Head of Wholesale roles, dedicated to financial institutions and private wealth clients, as it continues to add to its client management team.
John Bennett has been hired as Head of W holesale Institutions and will lead the firm's UK sales for fund of funds, banks and fund buyers at financial institutions. John, who joins F&C from RWC Partners, will work alongside Martin Weisinger, who has been appointed Head of Wholesale Private Wealth. Martin has been a member of F&C's Wholesale Distribution team for 11 years. John and Martin will report to Rob Thorpe, Head of Consumer at the firm.

Rob Thorpe comments: "The UK wholesale market is evolving rapidly. Clients within this market have very different needs and they cannot be viewed as a holistic group. We have considered our sales and marketing approach carefully and by creating these new roles are confident that we will be even better placed to serve our wholesale clients.

"John has an outstanding reputation in this market and an impressive track record. We are extremely pleased to have attracted him to F&C. John is joining the firm at an exciting time, as the business looks to accelerate its growth plans now that we are a part of BMO Global Asset Management."
The appointments have been made as part of F&C's commitment to build its distribution and client management teams across the business. Earlier this year F&C announced the re-organisation and expansion of its retail distribution team, with the team now divided into two dedicated functions, one focusing on nationals, networks, life companies and platforms, and the other taking a regional approach. This followed the appointment of Rob Thorpe as Head of Consumer in November 2013.

John Bennett said: "To represent such a well-known and respected institution such as F&C Investments will be a real privilege. I am looking forward to continuing the expansion of F&C's UK wholesale business and promoting the firm's truly global capabilities."

While at RWC Partners, John was Head of Retail Distribution, responsible for relationships across private wealth managers, fund of funds, multi-asset and private banks. Prior to this, John spent 15 years at JPMorgan Asset Management where he was most recently Head of UK International Business.
John Bennett will join F&C Investments in September 2014. Martin Weisinger starts his new role immediately.

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F&C is focused exclusively on managing money for its clients. It manages assets for a combination of insurance clients, institutional investors, intermediaries and private individuals. F&C invests across all major asset classes - equities, fixed income and property - and has specialist expertise in asset allocation, alternative investments, liability driven investments, multi-manager, private equity funds and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) Investing. The F&C Group includes F&C REIT, a global real estate asset manager.
F&C has a strong footprint in the U.K. and the rest of Europe with assets under management of approximately £83 billion as at 31 March 2014. F&C has a rich heritage that dates back almost 150 years and can be traced back to the founding in 1868 of the Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust.
F&C is part of Bank of Montreal (BMO) Global Asset Management, a global investment manager with more than US$131 billion in assets under management. BMO Global Asset Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of BMO Financial Group (NYSE: BMO), a fully diversified financial services organisation with more than US$532 billion in assets and more than 45,000 employees as of 31 January 2014.

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