Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM), a global investment management firm with $1.09tn in assets under management as of 30 September, 2023, has appointed Guido Baltussen, PhD as the firm's new Head of Quantitative Strategies, International.

In this newly created role, Baltussen will lead NTAM’s international quantitative strategies investments to support 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.

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.