Biography

Michael Herald is a Co-Portfolio Manager on the Mortgage and Structured Finance Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he co-manages the dedicated CLO strategies. He is also a CLO Strategist. Michael is responsible for developing research, investment strategies, relative value recommendations and trading in CLOs across all fixed income products.

Michael joined Loomis Sayles in 2019 and has 17 years of investment industry experience. Previously, he was a research analyst and trader at GMO, where he built the CLO research and trading capabilities for the firm and managed the CLO portfolio for a high quality, short duration structured products strategy. Prior to this, Michael was a managing director of non-agency mortgage trading at CRT Capital Group, where he analyzed and traded non-agency RMBS and ABS. He began his investment industry career at RBS Securities Inc. as a subprime mortgage trader, trading non-agency RMBS and derivatives of RMBS.

Michael earned a BBA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

About the Mortgage and Structured Finance Team

Investors on the Mortgage and Structured Finance team

Alessandro Pagani, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Head of Mortgage and Structured Finance Team
Steve LaPlante, CFA
Portfolio Manager & Securitized Strategist
Barath Sankaran, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Ian Anderson
Portfolio Manager, Agency MBS Strategist
Jennifer Thomas
Portfolio Manager
Stephen L'Heureux, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Global Commercial Real Estate & CMBS Strategist
SƩbastien AndrƩ
Mortgage and Structured Finance Portfolio Manager, Euro ABS
Alexandre Boulinguez
Mortgage and Structured Finance Portfolio Manager, Euro ABS
Keyur Vyas, PhD
Senior Mortgage & Structured Finance Analyst
Iris Tang, PhD, CFA
Senior Mortgage & Structured Finance Analyst
Vinnie Zhang, CFA
Senior Research Analyst
Amit Patel, CFA
Senior Mortgage & Structured Finance Analyst
Don Chaney, CFA
Director of Mortgage & Structured Finance Trading
Ahren Lippman, CFA
Senior Trader
Andre Ashook, CFA
Senior Trader
Carina Wang
Mortgage & Structured Finance Analyst and Trader
Ari Resnick
Investment Director
David Rittner, CFA
Investment Strategist

About the Relative Return Team

Investors on the Relative Return team

Chris Harms
Portfolio Manager, Co-Head of Relative Return
Cliff Rowe, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Daniel Conklin, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Peter Palfrey, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Rick Raczkowski
Portfolio Manager, Co-Head of Relative Return
Michael Gladchun
Associate Portfolio Manager
Neil Burke
Portfolio Manager
John Hyll
Portfolio Manager
Devon McKenna, CFA
Portfolio Manager and Investment Strategist
Jeff Bieniek, CFA
Credit Strategist
Matt Kelly, CFA
Credit Strategist
Max Resnick, CFA
Senior Investment Analyst
Colin Prior, CFA
Investment Analyst
EJ Tateosian, CFA
Investment Director
Elise Carner, CFA
Investment Director
Kristy Keenan
Associate Investment Director
Ted Cahill
Associate Investment Director
Anna Freedman
Product Management Analyst
Peter Obermann
Fixed Income Portfolio Specialist
Dan Plofsky, CFA
Fixed Income Portfolio Specialist
Kay Vang, CFA
Fixed Income Portfolio Specialist
Francisco Tolentino
Portfolio Specialist
Anthony Falzarano
Fixed Income Portfolio Specialist
Barath Sankaran, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Bill Wright, CFA
Director of Credit, Bank Loan & Derivatives Trading
Craig Burelle
Global Macro Strategist, Credit
Ian Anderson
Portfolio Manager, Agency MBS Strategist
Michael Crowell
Chief Investment Research Officer