MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - RBC Global
Asset Management (RBC GAM) today announced the appointment of
Jeff Masom as Global Head of
Institutional Distribution. Mr. Masom will be based in Boston and report to Mike Lee, Global Head of Institutional Business
at RBC GAM.
"I am very pleased to welcome Jeff
Masom to RBC Global Asset Management," said Mr. Lee. "Jeff's
experience with institutional clients and product innovation is a
significant addition to our global institutional leadership team.
The addition of Jeff supports our focus on bringing the best of RBC
GAM's global investment capabilities to clients in markets around
the world."
Mr. Masom has over 20 years of investment management industry
experience with a focus on leading sales teams, previously as the
Senior Managing Director and Head of U.S. sales for Legg Mason. Mr. Masom has held a variety of
roles throughout his career, including directing institutional
sales, managing offshore sales and service, and managing sales for
defined contribution, sub-advisory and national accounts. Most
recently, he managed a 200-plus employee organization which
accounted for $260 billion in assets.
Mr. Masom was also a senior member of the product strategy and
innovation committees and the global leadership team.
Mr. Masom is a CFA charter holder. He earned a J.D. from
Delaware Law School and holds a degree in business administration
and management from Elizabethtown
College.
Mr. Masom joins RBC GAM effective September 10, 2018.
About RBC Global Asset Management
RBC Global Asset
Management (RBC GAM) is the asset management division of Royal Bank
of Canada (RBC) and includes
BlueBay Asset Management and Phillips, Hager & North Investment
Management. RBC GAM is a provider of global investment management
services and solutions to institutional, high-net-worth and
individual investors through separate accounts, pooled funds,
mutual funds, hedge funds, exchange-traded funds and specialty
investment strategies. The RBC GAM group of companies manage more
than $330 billion USD in assets and
have approximately 1,400 employees located across Canada, the United
States, Europe and
Asia.
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