Northern Trust Asset Management Appoints Guido Baltussen as International Head of Quantitative Strategies

(Source: Pensions & Investments)

Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM), a leading global investment management firm, announced Wednesday that Guido Baltussen, Ph.D. has joined NTAM as Head of Quantitative Strategies, International.

In this newly created role, Baltussen will lead NTAM's international quantitative strategies investments to support the company's growth, including quantitative research and innovation, thought leadership, and investment strategy. Baltussen will report to Michael Hunstad, Northern Trust Asset Management's Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Global Equities.

"Guido's wealth of experience in factor investing in equity, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies is a tremendous addition to NTAM's global quantitative strategies business," Hunstad said. "With decades of demonstrated ability to deliver value to clients through our quantitative investment strategies, NTAM is reinvesting in this important area of the business and growing our international client capabilities."

Based in Amsterdam, Baltussen will oversee the firm's expanding international quantitative teams in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. Baltussen's appointment seeks to strengthen NTAM's investment capabilities and innovative solutions for clients around the world. NTAM has $31.7 billion in assets under management in quantitative strategies, as of September 30, 2023.

Baltussen was most recently head of equity factor investing and co-head of quantitative fixed income at Robeco. Previously, he was head of quantitative research for multi-asset strategies at NN Investment Partners and a quantitative investment strategist with ING Investment Management. Baltussen is a professor of finance at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam and an M.Phil. in economics from the Tinbergen Institute. An accomplished researcher, Baltussen has published in journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Financial Analysts Journal.