Kenneth Lamont

Senior Analyst, Manager Research

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Kenneth Lamont is a Senior Researcher within Morningstar’s Manager Research Department. After an extensive career researching passive funds, Kenneth has transitioned to leading Morningstar’s research on thematic investments. 
Kenneth has authored several globally acclaimed research papers such as the Thematic Fund Handbook and The Global Thematic Fund Landscape. He has been the driving force behind high impact research projects, including the Morningstar Thematic Fund Classification System and The Morningstar Thematic Consensus Purity Score for stocks and funds.

Before joining Morningstar in September 2013, Kenneth was a research analyst at Mergermarket, where he covered the infrastructure finance sector and previously an associate at Markit, where he held a role within the portfolio valuations team.

Kenneth is widely regarded as a leading industry expert on both passive and thematic funds and appears frequently as a speaker at conferences and as a commentator in the financial media.

Kenneth holds a Master of Science in Investment, Banking and Finance from the University of Glasgow and an Executive MBA from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. In addition, he holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst® designation.