Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM), a global investment management firm with $1.3tn in assets under management as of 31 December, 2024, has announced a major expansion of its global quantitative investment strategies team.
NTAM has hired 13 investment personnel, including quantitative researchers, portfolio analysts, and quantitative developers in Amsterdam, in a move that will enhance its existing quantitative factor platform and accelerate innovation into diversifying strategies. They join NTAM’s quantitative strategies team under the leadership of Global Head of Quantitative Strategies Mark Sodergren and Head of Quantitative Strategies, International Guido Baltussen.
The individuals bring significant experience and a successful track record implementing advanced quantitative investing techniques, including deploying machine learning and artificial intelligence, working with alternative data sets, and identifying sustainable investing signals that drive long term shareholder value.
The new personnel will join NTAM starting in February 2025, and include Maarten Smit, CFA, a Senior Portfolio Analyst who was previously lead portfolio manager for quantitative equity strategies across developed and emerging markets at APG Asset Management, and Tim Zwinkels, CFA, a Senior Quantitative Researcher who was previously a senior researcher in the quantitative equity research team at APG Asset Management.
Edmund Wadge, PhD, has also joined as a Senior Quantitative Researcher having previously worked as an expert quantitative developer at APG Asset Management, while Gijsbert de Lange has joined as Investment Solutions Expert from APG Asset Management, where he was responsible for quantitative equity investment strategies across developed and emerging markets at APG Asset Management.
NTAM manages $43bn in quantitative strategies across equities and fixed income, as of 31 December, 2024.
