Live Webinar

August 4, 2020 at 10 a.m. CT

Please join Wealth Management CIO Katie Nixon and Head of Fundamental Equities Chris Shipley for a discussion on second quarter earnings trends and our outlook for earnings going forward as companies navigate a new normal.

Speakers

Katie Nixon Chief Investment Officer, Wealth Management Northern Trust

Katie is an Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for the Wealth Management business at Northern Trust. In that capacity, Katie leads the national investment management practice for Northern Trust’s Wealth Management business from the firm’s Chicago headquarters. Her responsibilities include investment policy development with a particular focus on portfolio construction and implementation. She also directs the investment management activities of over 200 Northern Trust portfolio managers across the firm’s 60+ Wealth Management offices. Katie sits on the Firm’s Investment Policy Committee and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee, and she chairs the Wealth Management Investment Advisory Committee. Katie was selected as one of Private Asset Management’s ‘50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth’ for 2016.

Prior to joining Northern Trust, Ms. Nixon worked at U.S. Trust Company for eighteen years in several investment related capacities, including Managing Director and Division Manager in the Wealth Management Division in New York, overseeing a group of portfolio managers and client service officers with total combined assets under management in excess of $7 Billion. Ms. Nixon also served on US Trust's Portfolio Policy Committee as well as the Private Equity Investment Committee.

Katie received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her M.B.A. in Finance from New York University, Stern School of Business where she graduated with distinction, Beta Gamma Sigma, and was a Stern Scholar. She has received the designations of both Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) and Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA®) from the Investment Management Consultants Association. Further, she has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, and is also a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA).

Christopher Shipley Head of Fundamental Equity Northern Trust

Chris Shipley is head of fundamental equities at Northern Trust Asset Management, where he oversees the firm's fundamental equity research and portfolio management efforts. Chris is a voting member of the firm's Tactical Asset Allocation and Investment Policy Committees.

Prior to becoming head of fundamental equities, Chris acted as director of equity research, and as a senior equity analyst and sector head for the financial services sector.

Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2000, he was an investment associate in the equity investments division at Allstate Insurance Company in Northbrook, Illinois.

Chris has a bachelor's degree in finance from Northern Illinois University, and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.