Limin Xiao, Ph.D., CFA

Biography

Limin Xiao is a senior portfolio manager for the Systematic Fixed Income and Custom SMA team at Allspring Global Investments. She joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to joining WFAM, she worked as a quantitative researcher at MSCI Inc., where she focused on developing and productionizing the systematic strategy factors model and multi-asset-class factors model. Preceding this, Limin served as a researcher with Research Affiliates, covering the development of both fixed income smart beta indexes and asset allocation models. She began her investment industry career in 2013. Limin earned a bachelor’s degree in applied physics from the Special Class for the Gifted Young, University of Science and Technology of China; a master’s degree in financial engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management; and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Louisiana State University. Limin has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation and is a member of CFA Society San Francisco.