George Bory, CFA
Biography
George Bory is the chief investment strategist for Fixed Income at Allspring Global Investments. In this role, he is responsible for partnering across the fixed income platform to help each team set investment strategies for our full range of products and collaborating with clients to identify appropriate investment strategies. In addition, he leads the Fixed Income team of portfolio specialists and serves as a portfolio manager for the Global High Yield team. George joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to joining WFAM, he served as head of fixed income research for Wells Fargo Securities and earlier served as the head of credit strategy. Before that, George was the global head of credit strategy for UBS Securities. Previous roles include working for J.P. Morgan Investment Management, where George held several positions, including senior global credit portfolio manager. He began his investment industry career in 1992 as a credit analyst for Fleet Financial Group. George earned a bachelor’s degree in economics, graduating cum laude, from Siena College and completed the London School of Economics’ General Course. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation.
Published insights
Podcast
Still T-bill and Chill?Jeff Weaver, CFA, head of Allspring’s Global Liquidity Solutions team, and George Bory, CFA, chief investment strategist for Allspring Fixed Income, discuss recent Fed (U.S. Federal Reserve) activity, new money fund liquidity requirements, and allocating investments at the front end of the curve.
Amidst a backdrop of diverging growth and inflation trends driving central bank policy, three strategies for global investors remain as relevant today as they were in the beginning of the year.
George Bory, Chief Investment Strategist for Fixed Income, interviews Noah Wise, Senior Portfolio Manager for the Plus Fixed Income team. The pair discuss how the Fed may react to stickier inflation, a potential market impact of the impending U.S. election, and benefits of diversifying your fixed income portfolio.
For bond investors, the “Goldilocks moment” has arrived. We see this as an opportunity to diversify duration or “ride the curve.”