Northern Trust Asset Management ( NTAM ) has appointed Christian ( Chris ) Roth as chief investment officer of global fixed income.

Roth has more than three decades of experience in the financial industry. Prior to his appointment, he was most recently with Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he held a variety of global fixed income leadership roles since 1999.

In 2023, he was chairman of broad markets fixed income. Before that, he served as head of multi-sector fixed income, head of global fixed income and credit, and co-head of the global and European fixed income team.

At NTAM, Roth will oversee the investment strategy, process and approach for the firm's fixed income business globally. He will report to NTAM global chief investment officer Angelo Manioudakis.

 As of December 31 2023, NTAM had US$414.1 billion of assets under management in fixed income and liquidity strategies. Its fixed income platform provides liquidity and cash, credit, high-yield, and municipal bond solutions across active, quantitative, and indexing strategies.

Earlier in his career, Roth also held positions in fixed income at Miller, Anderson & Sherrerd and merchant banking at Dean Witter Capital Corporation.

He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA charterholder.