Jon Knowles

Institutional portfolio manager

Author bio

Jon Knowles is an institutional portfolio manager in the Global Asset Allocation (GAA) group at Fidelity Investments. In this role, Mr. Knowles serves as a member of the investment management team, maintaining a deep knowledge of portfolio philosophy, process and construction. His focus is on Canadian target date strategies.

Mr. Knowles joined Fidelity in 2016 as an associate in advisor sales. Before assuming his current position in August 2023, Mr. Knowles was a senior investment analyst at Fidelity Canada Institutional and was responsible for providing investment analysis and management of multi-asset solutions for institutional and retail investors.

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