Scudder Kemper Investments has hired Peter Minton as head of global bond research, responsible for maintaining the quality and consistency of all bond research. Minton, who will be based in Chicago, will report to Scott Roberts, head of the firm's fixed-income institutional products, including all Zurich U.S. assets. His responsibilities will span all of Scudder Kemper Investments' fixed-income interests including the institutional and mutual fund businesses.

"We are extremely pleased that Peter is joining us as Head of Global Bond Research," said Roberts. "Peter brings quantitative and fundamental research skills to the task of refining the application of bond research to the process of portfolio construction."

The fixed-income research group will be based in Chicago, centralizing many of Scudder's bond resources in one location.

Minton joins Scudder Kemper Investments from General Re New England Asset Management, where he has been chief investment officer. Prior to that, he was head of global fixed income strategy research at Morgan Stanley. 

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