Neuberger Berman Group has appointed Leah Modigliani to a new position of senior vice president and multi-asset class strategist, reporting to Alan Dorsey, the firm's head of investment strategy and risk. Modigliani was most recently an independent investment strategist, advising non-profits, foundations and endowments on portfolio construction and management. Prior to that she spent 12 years at Morgan Stanley where she was an executive director and US strategist in the research department, and a portfolio manager in the asset management division.