Joseph Keating Email & Phone Number

Mr. Keating, Senior Vice-President of SouthState Wealth brings his nationally recognized investment expertise to SouthState Bank. Mr. Keating has 36 years of Chief Investment Officer experience and a long history of investment success.Mr. Keating served as Co-Chief Investment Officer for 4 years at NBC Securities after 10 years as Chief Investment Office at CenterState Bank in Birmingham, Alabama. He served as Chief Investment Officer for RBC Bank (USA)/Alabama National for 5 years. Prior to joining RBC Bank, he spent four years as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for AmSouth Asset Management. Mr. Keating also served as Chief Investment Officer for 14 years with Old Kent Financial in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Prior to joining Old Kent, Mr. Keating was Vice President, Chief Economist and Director of Fixed Income at American National Bank and Trust Company in Chicago. Prior to joining American National, he served as an economist for the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago for 3 years.For 2 years, he served on the Economic Advisory Committee for the American Bankers Association (ABA) and met in Washington twice a year to provide perspectives on national and local economies to top policymakers.Mr. Keating received his bachelor's degree in economics with highest honors from DePaul University and received his master's degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He was an instructor at the University of Illinois and the Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago.Mr. Keating has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Associated Press and local newspapers across the nation. He has been interviewed on CNBC, Bloomberg News, FOX Business News and local TV and radio outlets. Since 1987, he has published monthly commentary assessing economic and financial market trends in his widely acclaimed Investment Strategy Statement.