Mike, along with the President of Global Fixed Income, is responsible for formulating investment strategy and process. He also serves as the lead portfolio manager of the LDEI Fund, a private open end Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) fund, the fixed income portions of the Multi-Asset Strategy, and custom credit-focused portfolio strategies. He has primary oversight of the structured product market sector, which includes research, trading and security specific recommendations for asset-backed securities (ABS) and CLOs. Additionally, Mike is responsible for high-yield credit research of multiple corporate bond sectors.
Prior to joining Boyd Watterson in July of 2017, Mike served as Deputy Chief Investment Officer for the Retirement Systems of the City of Detroit and as a senior portfolio manager for both Ambassador Capital Management and Munder Capital Management. In those latter roles, he was part of the corporate credit strategy team, credit research, and responsible for all structured product activities, including ABS and CLOs.