Barclays Wealth appoints Head of Long-Only Distribution

15 Nov 2010
Barclays Wealth has announced a senior appointment within its Global Research & Investments team. Mike Haslam joins as the Head of Long-Only Distribution, focusing primarily on the UK & Ireland and International Private Banking (EMEA) businesses.

In this role, Haslam will work with the product origination and investment advisory teams within Global Research & Investments to deliver long-only solutions to its bankers and their clients.

Haslam's background is in the asset manager industry. He joined Barclays Wealth from Gartmore, where he was their investment marketing specialist, and he has held similar roles at M&G and Threadneedle, focusing primarily on their long-only equity and bond products.

Haslam reports to Craig Lewis, EMEA Head of Relationship Management & Distribution, who commented: "We continue to build out our origination and distribution capabilities within the Global Research & Investments team, and Mike is a key hire, complementing our existing strength across structured products and alternative investments. This breadth and depth in the team will strengthen our offering, increase our productive capacity and further improve client experience."