Building a Fixed Income Framework for Markets in Motion – Natixis Investment Manager Solutions – 3.25.24

Summary:

Now On Demand

Is your fixed income portfolio working as hard as it can? Are you well positioned for market shifts on the horizon? This one-hour, CE-accredited webinar gives you access to in-depth market insight and portfolio construction ideas from fixed income experts on Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Full Discretion and Core Plus Bond teams and Natixis Investment Managers Solutions.

• Get outlooks on inflation, interest rates, spreads, and credit markets.
• Learn where active managers are identifying value and risks.
• Use Natixis’ Cyclicality vs. Inflation framework to evaluate risks and opportunities in your portfolio!

Speakers:

Matt Eagan is a portfolio manager and co-head of the full discretion team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He is also a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. Matt has 33 years of investment industry experience as a portfolio manager and fixed income analyst.

Matt joined Loomis Sayles in 1997 as a fixed income research analyst for the multisector fixed income team and became a portfolio manager in 2000. He was promoted to co-head of the full discretion team in 2012. Previously, Matt was a senior fixed income analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and a senior credit analyst at BancBoston Financial Company. He earned a BA from Northeastern University and an MBA from Boston University.

Matt is a co-founder of the Loomis Sayles Allies group, which is dedicated to supporting the firm’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and a member of the leadership council for Boston Scores, a nonprofit that helps youth build essential life skills and character through soccer and team-based enrichment programs. He is also a member of the Boston Economic Club and CFA Society Boston.

Michael Gladchun is an associate portfolio manager on the relative return team at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he helps oversee the core plus fixed income strategy. Additionally, he is a co-portfolio manager for the Loomis Sayles active US Treasury strategies. Michael has been a co-leader of the US yield curve sector team since 2014. He joined Loomis Sayles in 2004 as a global settlements administrator and joined the trading desk in 2006. Michael was promoted to director of US rates trading in 2020 and joined the relative return team in 2021 as a senior strategist, responsible for macro positioning, portfolio structure and sector allocation. Prior to Loomis Sayles, he was a bank specialist for the international trade support team at Putnam Investments. Michael earned a BA from the University of Vermont and an MBA from Boston University.

Mark Cintolo is part of the Portfolio Analysis & Consulting team that provides portfolio construction consultation to institutional and wealth advisory clients. He has over 15 years of investment industry experience, spent primarily modeling and communicating quantitative concepts impacting asset allocation and portfolio risk management. Prior to joining Natixis, Mark was a senior research consultant in NEPC’s Asset Allocation group. He served previously as an associate in Towers Perrin’s retirement practice and as a structured finance analyst for US Bank.

Mark has a master’s degree in finance and bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and economics from Boston College. He is a CFA^® charterholder and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.