Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), the investment management division of Morgan Stanley, has appointed Michael Kushma as new chief investment officer of global fixed income. Mr Kushma will oversee all of MSIM's fixed income strategies.
Mr Kushma is currently co-head of MSIM’s global and European fixed income team and has 23 years of investment experience. Since joining MSIM in 1995, Mr Kushma has helped to oversee the global and European fixed income team which comprises 20 investors based in London, New York and Tokyo and has approximately $25bn in assets under management.
Gregory Fleming, president of MSIM, said: “A robust fixed income capability is key to MSIM’s ability to serve clients across multiple asset classes. Michael has been instrumental in building MSIM’s Global and European fixed income capabilities and his strong track record will be invaluable as we work to ensure our fixed income teams and strategies are world-class.
“We continue to see strong momentum across our entire long-only business, including fixed income where we have garnered positive flows as a result of strong performance, particularly in our global fixed income and emerging markets debt strategies.”