Sentry appoints Gaelen Morphet as CIO

Rudy Luukko 16 August, 2016 | 5:00PM
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Sentry Investments has appointed a new chief investment officer, Gaelen Morphet, who joins the Toronto-based fund manager after having served for nearly seven years as senior vice-president and CIO of Empire Life Investments Inc. Morphet will also assume asset-allocation responsibilities, working with Sentry's chief investment strategist and senior portfolio manager James Dutkiewicz.

Primarily a bottom-up stock picker who employs both value and growth criteria, Morphet has described her investment style as relative value. She avoids making big bets on either industry sectors or individual stocks.

Morphet's more than 30 years of investment-industry experience also includes leading a team of Canadian equity managers at CIBC Global Asset Management Inc., and earlier portfolio-management roles at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Canada, AMI Partners Inc. and Scotia Investment Management Ltd.

Morphet replaces Sentry veteran Sandy McIntyre, who stays on as a senior executive and as vice-chairman of the board. "From an investment-management perspective, Gaelen shares our values around buying great businesses as opposed to speculating on stocks," McIntyre said in a release. "She is also committed to our steadfast discipline regarding valuation, capital allocation and downside protection."

Announced on Aug. 15, Morphet's appointment comes just over a year after the departure in July 2015 of former Sentry CIO Dennis Mitchell, who is now a senior portfolio manager with Sprott Asset Management.

Founded in 1997 and based in Toronto, privately held Sentry manages more than $18 billion in mutual funds, separately managed accounts and structured products. Its flagship mutual fund is the $5.7-billion Sentry Canadian Income, which has a 5-star Morningstar Rating in the Canadian Focused Equity category and is rated Bronze by Morningstar's manager-research team.

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