John Morriss
Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Research, TIAA-CREF Asset Management
John Morriss is a Managing Director and the Head of Fixed Income Research for the TIAA-CREF organization. Mr. Morriss is responsible for managing the organization’s global public fixed income research analysts. His team supports $230B in sovereign, municipal, corporate credit, and structured finance mandates. In addition, Mr. Morriss is responsible for covering the insurance and non-bank financial institution sectors. Most recently, he served as the Head of Credit Research. Previously, he was a member of the high yield team where he covered a variety of sectors as a research analyst and had portfolio management responsibilities. Mr. Morriss joined TIAA-CREF in 1998.
Mr. Morriss has 23 years of industry experience including positions with Chase Manhattan Bank as a currency trader. Mr. Morriss holds a B.A. in history from the College of the Holy Cross and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University.