Morningstar Markets Observer - Q4 2018 Data

Timothy Strauts is head of manager research, North America, for Morningstar.

Prior to assuming his current role in 2022, he was director of quantitative research, funds; a manager on Morningstar’s markets research team; and a senior manager research analyst covering fixed income, financial sector products, and alternatives. Before joining Morningstar in 2010, he was a financial advisor for Smith Barney.

Strauts holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Alina Lamy is a senior project manager on the quantitative research team at Morningstar. She writes the firm’s monthly asset flows commentary on open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. She provides research, data analysis, graphics, and editorial coverage for multiple Morningstar publications including the Morningstar Markets Observer, Image Library, Article Library, and Andex charts. Alina has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and Barron’s.

Lamy holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in business administration from the Illinois Institute of Technology.