Mike O'Brien

Carne Global Financial Services Ltd. is an Irish company that helps clients optimize the performance of their in-house management companies and provides asset managers with tactical opportunities to increase efficiency. The company is based in Dublin, IE, and has subsidiaries in India, United Kingdom, United States, and Ireland. The company simplifies operations for organizations across the asset management industry. The company also recently inaugurated GatherRound, an event focused on bringing people together. Carne was founded in 2004 with the goal of simplifying the complex and fragmented asset management industry. Carne recently completed the acquisition of The Asset Management Exchange (AMX) and welcomed it into the company.

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (JPMAM-UK) is the wholly owned, Great Britain-based investment arm of JPMorgan Asset Management International Ltd., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. The firm was founded in 1974 and formerly known as JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management. They changed their name to JPMorgan Asset Management UK Ltd. in 2005. Headquartered in London, JPAM-UK provides investment advisory services to institutional clients, both US and non-US.

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd. (BlackRock UK) is the Great Britain-based investment management subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. The firm was founded in 1964 and formerly known as Barclays Global Investors Ltd. Headquartered in London, BlackRock UK manages a range of investment products for various UK and continental European clients including defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, insurance companies, educational and nonprofit organizations, local government entities, and individual and families.

JPMorgan Asset Management International Ltd. engages in asset management and investment advice. Its solution includes merchant services, commercial banking, treasury services and trade, and investment banking. The company was founded on April 5, 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.