Co-Head of Rising Dividend Equity

Kent Newcomb, CFA

39 years in investment industry

Biography

Kent Newcomb is a senior portfolio manager and co-head of the Rising Dividend Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to his current role, he had research responsibilities for the firm's DSIP list and the industrials and utilities sectors. Earlier in his career, he served as an equity analyst for A.G. Edwards. Kent began his investment industry career in 1985. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Northwestern University and a master's degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from Washington University. Kent has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation and is a member of CFA Institute and CFA Society St. Louis.