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Mr. Morten V.
Olsen is a Portfolio Manager at Northern Trust Investments, Inc. He joined the firm in November 2009 and is the Chief of Staff and Head of Business Strategy for global fixed income.
He is responsible for ensuring innovation, the continuity of business, and future business initiatives.
He is chair of the fixed income business committee.
Previously at Northern Trust, Mr. Olsen headed multi-sector portfolio management within the fixed income team, responsible for strategic priorities, asset growth and asset allocations.
Prior to that role, he led the ultra-short fixed income group.
The ultra-short team of portfolio managers handles separately managed accounts for taxable and tax exempt mandates, as well as the two ultra-short fixed income mutual funds and an ultra-short exchange traded fund.
He also worked six years in London as the Lead Portfolio Manager responsible for the institutional euro, British pound and U.S.
dollar cash funds.
Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2009, Mr. Olsen worked for five years on the funding desk at Lehman Brothers and latterly Nomura.
In both roles, he managed the investment of the bank’s liquidity pool.
He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Economics, both from University of Copenhagen.
Morten Vormslev Olsen active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Northern Trust Investments, Inc.(Investment Management)
Northern Trust Investments, Inc.(Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance NTI-IM employs a variety of security analysis methods in providing investment advisory services. The firm applies quantitative analysis methodologies in creating overlay investment strategies. Each investment strategy of the firm is managed by a team comprised of portfolio managers and investment analysts. Their asset class capabilities include equity, fixed income, liquidity and asset allocation. Strategy implementation ranges from passive and factor-based quantitative, to fundamental active and multi-manager. | Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income | 31/10/2009 |
Former positions of Morten Vormslev Olsen
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Northern Trust Global Investments Ltd.
Northern Trust Global Investments Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance NTGIL is an active manager which follows a quantitative-oriented investment style to investment. The firm’s active fixed income incorporates both a top-down macro-economic view along with a bottom-up fundamental outlook. Their macro fixed income strategy committees generate proprietary environmental forecasts on key global metrics that guide the formulation of their active investment policy. NTGIL utilizes passive fixed income to provide a diversified portfolio through stratified sampling with risk and return characteristics of the underlying benchmark. | Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income | 30/04/2015 |
Lehman Brothers Ltd.
Lehman Brothers Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides administrative services | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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Northern Trust Global Investments Ltd.
Northern Trust Global Investments Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance NTGIL is an active manager which follows a quantitative-oriented investment style to investment. The firm’s active fixed income incorporates both a top-down macro-economic view along with a bottom-up fundamental outlook. Their macro fixed income strategy committees generate proprietary environmental forecasts on key global metrics that guide the formulation of their active investment policy. NTGIL utilizes passive fixed income to provide a diversified portfolio through stratified sampling with risk and return characteristics of the underlying benchmark. | Finance |
Northern Trust Investments, Inc.(Investment Management)
Northern Trust Investments, Inc.(Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance NTI-IM employs a variety of security analysis methods in providing investment advisory services. The firm applies quantitative analysis methodologies in creating overlay investment strategies. Each investment strategy of the firm is managed by a team comprised of portfolio managers and investment analysts. Their asset class capabilities include equity, fixed income, liquidity and asset allocation. Strategy implementation ranges from passive and factor-based quantitative, to fundamental active and multi-manager. | Finance |
University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Lehman Brothers Ltd.
Lehman Brothers Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides administrative services | Commercial Services |
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