Biography

David Rolley is a Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of the Global Fixed Income Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. With 46 years of investment industry experience, he co-manages a suite of global bond and global credit products and the global allocation strategy. Prior to joining Loomis Sayles in 1994, he was a principal and director of international capital market research at DRI/McGraw-Hill. His responsibilities included international interest rate and currency forecasting, and risk management consulting. David was also corporate vice president and senior US economist for the institutional equity group at Drexel Burnham Lambert, and chief financial economist at Chase Econometrics. David earned a BA from Occidental College and studied post-graduate economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a past president of the Boston Association of Business Economists. David is a CFA® charterholder and holds the CFA Institute’s Sustainable Investing Certificate.

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Latest Insights by David Rolley, CFA

Alpha Engine Perspectives
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Global Fixed Income: Outlook & Strategy

The Loomis Sayles Global Fixed Income Team publishes a monthly market outlook & strategy to offer perspectives on the market's movements.
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