Global investment firm KKR today announced the appointment of Lauren Goodwin as Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist for the firm’s Global Wealth Solutions business. Ms. Goodwin, an experienced economist and portfolio strategist, will lead efforts to develop new practical tools for financial advisors and adapt KKR’s differentiated market insights for wirehouses, RIAs, private banks, and independent broker-dealers.
“We are delighted to welcome Lauren to KKR as we continue to invest in our wealth business with a focus on value-add resources designed for the needs of the advisor community,” said Doug Krupa, Partner and Head of Global Wealth Solutions, Americas at KKR. “Lauren brings a strong understanding of how macro forces and portfolio construction shape investment outcomes and has a genuine passion for educating and connecting with advisors. At a time when the asset management landscape is shifting rapidly and access to institutional-quality private market strategies has the potential to be transformative for individual investors, Lauren will strengthen how we engage with and support advisors in all market environments.”
In this role, Ms. Goodwin will draw on KKR’s 50 years of private markets investment experience and breadth of expertise, including adapting macro insights from KKR’s Global Macro & Asset Allocation (GMAA) team and geopolitical analysis from the KKR Global Institute (KGI), to provide advisors with education, applied research, and portfolio frameworks to help them incorporate private markets thoughtfully into client portfolios.
“We built KKR’s GMAA capabilities out of a conviction that macroeconomics should be embedded in everything we do, from deal underwriting to asset allocation to how we manage our own balance sheet,” said Henry McVey, CIO of KKR’s Balance Sheet and Head of GMAA. “Lauren has a proven ability to help advisors apply market insights directly to the portfolio decisions they make every day. In this evolving investment environment, how portfolios are constructed becomes even more critical, and we believe private markets play an increasingly important role as core building blocks.”
“Advisors have more information at their disposal than ever, but the macro landscape has only grown more complex and investors are under increasing pressure to rethink how they build portfolios,” said Ms. Goodwin. “I’ve been impressed by KKR’s commitment to pairing differentiated investment solutions with hands-on engagement and rigorous market research. The firm’s culture, scale, and dedication to the wealth channel will enable us to deliver uniquely actionable frameworks and insights to help advisors use private markets as a tool to enhance client portfolios.”
For over a decade, KKR’s Global Wealth Solutions team has worked with leading platforms and advisors to provide eligible individual investors access to the same investment capabilities, strategic partnership, and insights that KKR delivers for the world’s largest institutional investors. The K-Series evergreen products have been launched on over 180 distribution platforms and are enabling thousands of advisors to participate in all four of the firm’s private market asset classes – private equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure. The firm continues to invest in its wealth platform through product innovation, strategic partnerships, and education initiatives, including Alternatives Unlocked and KKR Academy.
About Lauren Goodwin
Ms. Goodwin joins KKR from New York Life Investments, where she most recently served as Chief Market Strategist. In that role, she was responsible for delivering cross-asset market insights, guiding portfolio strategy, and representing the firm’s investment views to clients. She previously held senior roles within the firm’s Multi-Asset Solutions team focused on research, asset allocation, and thought leadership. Earlier in her career, she held roles at Wells Fargo, Frontier Strategy Group, J.P. Morgan, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Ms. Goodwin holds an M.A. in International Economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California. She is a CFA charterholder.
About KKR Global Macro & Asset Allocation
Established in 2011 under the leadership of Henry McVey and comprising 60+ professionals globally, the GMAA team serves as a centralized research and investment strategy platform that informs how KKR invests, manages risk, and supports its portfolio companies across market cycles. The team produces regular macroeconomic outlooks, capital market assumptions, and timely perspectives on global developments, informed by the firm’s own investment activity and direct engagement with industry and government leaders around the world.
About KKR
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR’s website at www.kkr.com. For additional information about Global Atlantic Financial Group, please visit Global Atlantic Financial Group’s website at www.globalatlantic.com.
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