Melanie Coffin, CFA
Biography
Melanie Coffin, CFA
Product Consultant
Melanie Coffin is a Product Consultant responsible for covering the firm’s value equity and dividend income strategies. In this role, she is responsible for sharing product and market insights in the form of portfolio commentaries, asset class updates, competitive analysis and ad hoc responses to client requests.
Ms. Coffin joined Lord Abbett in 2018. Her previous experience includes serving as Global Asset Management Consultant at FactSet Research Systems. She has worked in the financial services industry since 2015.
She earned a BA in economics from Lafayette College. She also is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation.
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