Daniel Morris

Biography

Daniel (Dan) Morris is chief investment officer of Systematic Investments at Allspring Global Investments. In this role, he leads the Systematic Investments teams to provide innovative solutions across systematic equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities. These include enhanced index and factor strategies, liquid alternatives, risk premia, and hedging strategies. Dan's leadership provides a robust governance structure and the scale of technology, machine learning, data services, and operational support while maintaining each team's independent research and investment process to provide the highest-quality quantitative investment capabilities for our clients.

Dan joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to this, he served as head of U.S. portfolio solutions at Schroders in New York, where he led the portfolio solutions business for North America. Before New York, Dan provided liability-driven investing solutions to U.K. clients with Schroders in London and led the London investment strategy team at Towers Watson, where he advised clients on asset allocation and hedging strategies. Dan began his investment industry career in the U.K. with HSBC Actuaries and Consultants as an actuarial analyst.

Dan earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Nottingham and is an Associate of the Institute of Actuaries, U.K.