Kristian Kerr

Head of Macro Strategy

Kristian Kerr is the Head of Macro Strategy at LPL Financial, responsible for driving the perspectives from all investing disciplines (e.g., stocks, bonds, alternatives, etc.) into one united view. In this role, he leads the day-to-day operations of the Strategic & Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC) to ensure this united perspective is integrated and communicated into LPL Research’s publications and platforms.

"Combining my data-driven and process-centric approach with the entrepreneurial focus of a well-established company like LPL is exciting. When you can keep that mindset, the sky is the limit on what Research can deliver to our partners.”

Before joining LPL Financial

Kristian was the Western Region Head of Foreign Exchange and Macro at Citi Private Bank. Before the role at Citi, Kristian spent seven years as a multi-asset portfolio manager in New York for a large global macro hedge fund. Kristian has also held various strategy and trading roles at other global financial institutions over the course of his career.