Kris Moreton is a client portfolio manager on the fixed income investment team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.* Working closely with portfolio managers and analysts, Ms. Moreton represents the firm’s taxable bond strategies to clients and prospective clients globally. Ms. Moreton joined the firm in 2008 and has been a member of the investment community since 1987.

Previously, Ms. Moreton was with Merrill Lynch in their Global Markets and Investment Banking Group on their residential mortgage origination desk. Prior to Merrill Lynch, she was a vice president and relationship manager in the leveraged finance unit of Shawmut Bank. Ms. Moreton started her career as a credit analyst for Midland Bank, PLC.

She received a B.S. from the University of Richmond with a concentration in finance, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Minnesota.