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Northern Trust Asset Management Appoints Global Co-Chief Investment Officers
Michael Hunstad and Christian Roth bring combined six decades of investment expertise CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM), a
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMichael Hunstad and Christian Roth bring combined six decades of investment expertise\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNorthern Trust Asset Management (NTAM), a leading global investment management firm with $1.3 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2025, has appointed Michael Hunstad, PhD and Christian (Chris) Roth, CFA as Global Co-Chief Investment Officers, effective June 1, 2025.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250508580706/en/Michael Hunstad, Global Co-Chief Investment Officer, Northern Trust Asset Management\nHunstad and Roth will oversee NTAM’s investment performance, process and philosophy. They will co-chair the Investment Policy Committee and lead the equity, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives chief investment officers globally. They will be members of the Asset Management Executive Group and report to NTAM President Daniel Gamba.\n\n“Michael and Chris have a proven track record of investment expertise and longtime leadership in the asset management industry,” Gamba said. “They have each made significant contributions to NTAM’s investment platform, aligned to NTAM’s core philosophy that investors should be compensated for the risks they take, in all market environments and investment strategies. I am confident that under Michael and Chris’s leadership, NTAM will further strengthen its ability to serve our clients’ investment needs across all asset classes.”\n\nHunstad and Roth will succeed Angelo Manioudakis, who will retire from NTAM effective May 31, 2025. Manioudakis joined NTAM in September 2021 after more than 30 years in the asset management industry.\n\nMichael Hunstad, Ph.D.\n\nHunstad has spent more than 12 years with NTAM. Most recently, he was deputy chief investment officer and chief investment officer of global equities, overseeing all equity portfolio management, research and trading activities including quantitative, index and tax-advantaged strategies. NTAM has $758B in equity assets under management as of March 31, 2025. Previously, Hunstad was head of quantitative strategies at NTAM, leading factor-based research, portfolio management and product development programs. Hunstad holds a Ph.D. in mathematics, an MBA in finance, a master’s degree in econometrics and a bachelor's degree in economics.\n\nChr...