Robert Kenyon has joined Virtus Investment Partners as managing director, new business development. The Hartford-based firm operates a multi-manager asset management business.
Kenyon joins Virtus from Kenyon Consulting, LLC, the business he founded in 2008 to provide asset managers with innovative solutions and advice on the distribution, development and management of their existing or new investment product initiatives and investment strategies. Kenyon Consulting assisted in the origination and distribution of multiple closed-end fund offerings, helping its clients raise approximately $1.7 billion in assets.
Prior to starting his own firm, he was with Nuveen Investments for nine years, most recently as national accounts manager and vice president of distribution development supporting Nuveen’s closed end fund marketing and distribution efforts.
Kenyon will be located in the Chicago offices of Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., a Virtus affiliated investment manager.
