Firm Leaders

Ken Lester

Managing Director, Portfolio Management

Ken Lester

About

Committees

Co-Chair, Global Investment Committee; Member, Management Committee

Education

B.A. in economics and an MAE in quantitative economics from the University of Michigan

Industry Experience

35+ years

Best execution isn’t simply an outcome — it’s a discipline that we practice trade by trade, across rates, equity, commodity, credit and currency derivatives. Our clients don’t always see the details behind that discipline, but it’s built into every order we place on their behalf.”

Ken oversees NISA’s Derivatives Portfolio Management team and jointly oversees the Rates Portfolio Management team.

Having been with NISA since its founding in 1994, he has more than 35 years of investment experience. Ken implements and evaluates hedging and absolute-return-focused strategies that utilize derivative instruments. He also provides executive oversight of the derivatives portfolio management trading functions, the derivative instrument selection process and rates trading. Before joining NISA, he was employed by Goldman Sachs and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Ken holds a B.A. in economics and an MAE in quantitative economics from the University of Michigan.

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