Biography

Bryan Hazelton is a Portfolio Manager on the Full Discretion Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He co-manages the team’s insurance mandates and is an Associate Portfolio Manager on core plus full discretion, strategic alpha, multisector full discretion, and multisector credit mandates. Bryan also serves as a Strategist across the full discretion mandates, with a focus on investment grade credit selection. He has 18 years of investment industry experience.

Bryan joined Loomis Sayles in 2011 as an Investment Analyst on the Full Discretion Team. Previously, he was a portfolio analyst at The Hartford Investment Management Company. Bryan earned a BA from Bentley University and an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFAĀ® charterholder and a member of the CFA Society Boston.

Bryan is actively involved in the Loomis Sayles Undergraduate Women’s Investment Network (UWIN) and Undergraduate Summer Internship Development (USID) program as a mentor.

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Latest Insights by Bryan Hazelton, 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
Heather Young, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Bank Loans 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