New York (HedgeCo.Net) – J.P. Morgan Asset Management has received the 2014 Morningstar U.S. Fund Manager of the Year Award in the Allocation category, recognizing Portfolio Manager Anne Lester and the team on the JPMorgan SmartRetirement suite of target date funds, including: Chief Investment Officer Jeffrey Geller and Portfolio Managers Michael Schoenhaut, Daniel Oldroyd and Eric Bernbaum.

“We are incredibly excited that our team and our asset allocation capabilities have been recognized by Morningstar with this award,” said Anne Lester, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Retirement Solutions for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. “We have an exceptionally skilled portfolio management team that capitalizes on J.P. Morgan’s depth of investment talent across asset classes, geographies and investment styles, and we are so proud of what we have been able to achieve for our clients. One of the most important things we do every day with our work is help Americans with one of their most important goals – achieving retirement security.”

The JPMorgan SmartRetirement suite has $58.9 billion in assets under management, and uses a team-based approach with over 100 investment professionals contributing to its success through research, design, portfolio management and delivery. This experienced multi-asset team has a 30-year history of managing institutional multi-asset class portfolios, and $141 billion in multi-asset class mandates.

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