Laton Spahr

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Laton Spahr, President of SS&C ALPs Advisors, Portfolio Manager

Laton Spahr, CFA, currently serves as President of SS&C ALPS Advisors and Portfolio Manager on the ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund.* With his experience in the investment industry, Laton brings fresh insight and creative leadership strategies to these roles. Mr. Spahr has 22 years of investment management experience. Before taking the helm of ALPS Advisors, Mr. Spahr led the Value and Income Team at Oppenheimer Funds where he was Portfolio Manager on four different equity and balanced strategies. Prior to Oppenheimer Funds, Mr. Spahr was a leader at Columbia Management Investment Advisors, where he managed value and income strategies across institutional and retail investment channels. Over his career, Mr. Spahr also conducted equity risk management, analyzed and traded derivatives, structured products and was a technology sector analyst. Mr. Spahr earned his M.S. Finance degree from the Applied Securities Analysis Program at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a B.S. degree in Finance from the University of Wyoming.