Insight bolsters NA Distribution team with three senior hires

Specialist fixed income investment manager Insight Investment has made three senior hires within its North America Distribution team, naming Ryan McMurdie as Director, Insurance Solutions, Sarah Leffel as Associate Director, Institutional, and Anna Danik as Pensions Channel Lead.

As Director, Insurance Solutions, McMurdie will have responsibility for defining and executing Insight’s distribution strategy for insurance clients across the institutional and retail sectors.

McMurdie was previously at SLC Management where he was a Business Development Director and before this, he was at Merganser Capital Management as a Relationship Manager.

Meanwhile, as Associate Director, Institutional, Leffel will focus on pensions and insurance solutions while also covering Insight’s Core / Core Plus, Systematic Fixed Income and broader Taxable Fixed Income capabilities.

Before Insight, she was at Lazard Asset Management as a Relationship Manager in its Financial Institutions Group.

Finally, as Pensions Channel Lead, Danik’s remit covers LDI solutions for corporate pensions, fundamental fixed income and Systematic Fixed Income for public pension plans. Danik joins Insight from Prudential Global Investment Management (PGIM) where she focused on institutional business development and relationship management.

Jeffrey Berman, Head of North America Distribution at Insight, commented, “I am pleased to welcome these talented and experienced professionals to Insight.

“Their appointment represents our ongoing investment to being a premier fixed income specialist in North America, with leading capabilities in insurance asset management, liability driven solutions and alpha seeking fixed income.”

David Leduc, Chief Executive Officer for Insight North America said, “North America represents one of the most compelling markets for Insight and we are focused on continuing to build-out our capabilities across Distribution, Solution Design, Investment and Client Relationship Management in order to serve the needs of clients.

“Our strategy is clear – to help our clients maximize the certainty of achieving their goals by providing a precision approach to managing investment outcomes.”

Insight operates across the globe with a local presence in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Japan and Australia, and has $825.9 billion in assets under management

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