Biography

Heather Young is a Portfolio Manager on the Full Discretion Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. She co-manages the team’s suite of bank loans strategies. Additionally, Heather serves as a Strategist for the team, focused on bank loans.

Heather began her career in 2005 as a credit analyst at Columbia Management/Bank of America, where she analyzed loans, bonds, and structured products, and developed valuation models. She joined Loomis Sayles in 2008 as a Vice President and Research Analyst covering loans, high yield, investment grade, and emerging markets credits until 2011. After earning her graduate degree, Heather then worked as an early-stage technology investor for Converge Venture Partners. Later, she was a vice president and senior analyst for ESG-forward investment grade bond manager Breckinridge Capital Advisors until 2016 when she rejoined Loomis Sayles as a Senior Bank Loan Analyst. Heather became a Strategist in 2018 and was promoted to Portfolio Manager in 2020.

Heather earned a BA from Boston University and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a CFAĀ® charterholder.

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Latest Insights by Heather Young, CFA

Alpha Engine Perspectives Credit Check: The Full Discretion Approach to Credit Selection
January 17, 2025 • 16 min read

Credit Check: The Full Discretion Approach to Credit Selection

Credit markets are frequently moving. During our decades as bond investors, we’ve seen them frozen during times of crisis, frothy when investors[…]
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About the Full Discretion Team

Investors on the Full Discretion team

Matt Eagan, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Head of Full Discretion
Brian Kennedy
Portfolio Manager
Peter Sheehan
Portfolio Manager
Eric Williams
Portfolio Manager
Michael Klawitter, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Bank Loans Strategist
Bryan Hazelton, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Associate Portfolio Manager, Investment Grade Corporate Strategist
Chris Romanelli, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Associate Portfolio Manager, High Yield Corporate Strategist
Scott Darci, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Associate Portfolio Manager, Convertibles & Equity Strategist
Steve LaPlante, CFA
Portfolio Manager & Securitized Strategist
Hassan Malik, PhD, CFA
Global Macro Strategist, Thematics & CEEMA, Sovereign Portfolio Manager
Nicole Ranzinger
Senior Research Analyst
Ryan Yackel
Senior Research Analyst
David Zielinski, CFA
Investment Director
Cheryl Pollock Stober
Investment Director
Kristen Doyle
Associate Investment Director
Matthew Green
Product Management Analyst
Shong Xiao, CFA
Senior Investment Analyst
Chidiebere Okpoebo
Investment Analyst
Elizabeth DiTomasso, CFA
Investment Analyst
Jack Rotondi, CFA
Investment Analyst
Meredith Sweeney
Investment Analyst
Rigas Gartaganis
Portfolio Specialist
Matt Tierney
Portfolio Specialist
Boeurn Kan-Crawford
Portfolio Specialist
Amy Steede
Portfolio Specialist