Andrew is a Senior Economist and a member of the First Trust Economics Team that Bloomberg has ranked as one of the top forecasters of the U.S. economy over the past several years. At First Trust, Andrew is responsible for analyzing economic indicators, writing economic commentaries, and producing articles on the First Trust Economics Blog. Andrew provides research and analysis to Chief Economist Brian Wesbury, Chief Market Strategist Bob Carey, and First Trust CEO Jim Bowen. Cogent’s 2017 Survey of Advisors rated First Trust’s thought leadership material as number one for most read and most shared by financial professionals with colleagues or clients. Andrew received an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BA in Business and Economics from Hope College.
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Brett Collins, CFA is an Executive Director and Client Portfolio Manager at NCRAM. He rejoined the firm in July 2021 and covers US, European, and Global High Yield, and Emerging Market Debt and Multi-Credit strategies. Prior to this role, Brett held a variety of positions at State Street Global Advisors, including Quantitative Equity Client Portfolio Manager and Chief Operating Officer of the firm's Investment Solutions Group. Brett also worked at NCRAM from 1996 to 2004 as an Analyst with the firm's Emerging Market Debt team. He holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Finance/Investments from Babson College. He is a CFA charter holder and a member of the CFA Institute.
Alexander Wright is Partner, Global Wealth Strategist in the Client and Product Solutions group at Apollo. Previously, Alexander was the Co-Head of Yield Products and a portfolio manager for Apollo's closed end funds, CLOs, and private BDC. Prior to joining in 2011, he was with GSC Group where he served in a variety of different roles, most recently as Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Head of US Corporate Debt. Before that, Alexander was with IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust Corporation and Chemical Banking Corporation. Alexander graduated from Rutgers College with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Economics and earned his MBA from Fordham University. Alexander serves on the Fordham University President's Council and the Alternative Investments Senior Advisory Board.
Chris Simard, Executive Director, is an Investment Specialist in the Infrastructure Investments Group. In this role, he is responsible for capital raising and advising clients for the firm’s infrastructure investment platform. Chris works with a variety of Institutions, with a specific focus on the United Kingdom, Northern Europe, the Middle East and the United States. Chris has spent the past 10 years working at J.P Morgan in both Asset Management and the Investment Bank. The fund is a diversified open-ended strategy that invests in private infrastructure equity and focuses on core assets where most of the return is cash yield. The IIF Team has over 15 years of operating experience, using scale, control positions and existing portfolio construction to reduce volatility and deliver stable cash yield. The fund has 26.8 billion in assets with 20 portfolio companies (783 assets).
Jacques-Aurélien joined Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management in March 2009 as portfolio manager/analyst in the Global Equity team and has been the Lead Portfolio Manager of the EdR Big Data Fund since launch in August 2015. He is also the Equity Team global technology specialist. In 2019, he was appointed Co-Head of the Equity team. Jacques-Aurélien Marcireau is graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lille and holds a Master’s degree in Economy and Financial Analysis from the Université de Lille 2. He is also a CFA charterholder.
Benoit Anne is a managing director in the Investment Solutions Group at MFS. He is a lead strategist focused on Fixed Income Solutions and Markets Insights. He is based in London and joined MFS in 2021. Previously, Benoit was in charge of asset allocation and market strategy at Liberty Mutual Investments, as a managing director based in Boston.
Jason is a portfolio manager in the Multi-Asset team at Ninety One. He is co-portfolio manager of the Multi-Asset Income strategies and his research responsibilities include equities. He joined the firm in 2015 to work on the income strategy as an analyst with responsibility for its equity exposure. Prior to this, he worked for Pan Asset Capital Management as an...
Chris Preece is a portfolio manager and macro strategist within the Emerging Market debt team at Pictet Asset Management. He is responsible for managing investments in Latin American sovereign debt markets as well as coordinating the investment strategy for EM fixed income funds more broadly. He also co-manages Pictet’s Short Term EM Local Currency Debt Fund. Chris is currently...
François holds a postgraduate degree from Paris Dauphine. François Collet began his career in 2003 at Natixis Asset Management as a bond fund manager. He managed Natexis Oblivariable and set up Natexis Euro Inflation. In 2006, François joined La Française as Deputy Head of bond portfolio management, and more precisely in charge of the inflation theme. He managed five bond strategies with total assets under management of €2.6bn, including the Euro Inflation Fund which was rated 5 stars by Morningstar and received a Lipper Fund award in 2013. In September 2017, François joined DNCA Finance. In addition, he was appointed Deputy CIO in January 2023.
Steve Shigekawa, Managing Director, joined Neuberger Berman in 2002. Steve is a Senior Portfolio Manager for the Real Estate Securities group. Previously, he was a research associate at Prudential Securities, an intern at Cohen & Steers Capital Management, and an associate at Wilshire Associates, where he spent four years. He received a BA from...
Gary Rozier serves as Managing Director for the Oak Street division of Blue Owl Capital in its Chicago, IL office. Gary leads the Investor Relations and Institutional Marketing team for Oak Street, responsible for investor communications, capital raising, and client servicing. He also serves on the investment committee for the Net Lease strategies. Gary served as Senior...