In brief: Friends Ivory & Sime loses Battersby/Jupiter SRI/JPMorgan Fleming upgraded

William Battersby, a director of sales and marketing at UK fund manager Friends Ivory & Sime, is leaving the firm. Battersby worked at Royal & SunAlliance Investments for five years before it was taken over by Friends Ivory & Sime earlier this year. The marketer previously worked for Commercial Union's insitutional investment operation.

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