Melda Baran Mergen
Head-Equity Investments at Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC
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Ms. Melda B.
Mergen is a Global Head of Equities at Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC.
She leads the company’s U.S.-based equity investment team capabilities.
She also serves as portfolio manager for multiple equity strategies.
Previously, she led the investment oversight team and the process for ensuring the integrity of the firm’s investment strategies.
She was a senior equity quantitative research analyst, developing and implementing quantitative stock selection models, portfolio risk budgeting and analysis, portfolio optimization and performance attribution.
She joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 1999 and has been a member of the investment community since then.
She received her undergraduate degree from Bogazici University and an MBA from The Isenberg School of Management.
Melda Baran Mergen active positions
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Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC
 Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC Investment ManagersFinance Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 as the result of Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients. | Head-Equity Investments | 01/05/2010 |
Training of Melda Baran Mergen
| Bogazici University | Undergraduate Degree |
| The Isenberg School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
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Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC Investment ManagersFinance Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 as the result of Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients. | Finance |
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