Cutwater Asset Management Announces Strategic Hire to Build out a Bank Loan Group
Cutwater Asset Management, a fixed income specialist serving the
institutional marketplace, today announced that Alex Jackson has joined
the company as Managing Director and Head of the Bank Loan Group. He has
22 years of experience in leveraged finance, of which the past 12 years
have been as a bank loan portfolio manager, most recently as Deputy
Chief Investment Officer and CLO portfolio manager at CIFC Corp. Prior
to joining CIFC in 2005, Mr. Jackson served as a portfolio manager at
J.H. Whitney & Company. He also spent the first portion of his career
originating and structuring non-investment grade corporate loans at
financial institutions including ING and National Westminster Bank. Mr.
Jackson received his formal credit training at Comerica Bank and holds a
B.A. in European History from Vanderbilt University, an M.I.A. from
Columbia University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at
Austin.
Cliff Corso, Cutwater CEO and CIO, commented, “We are excited to
announce the addition of Alex to the Cutwater team. Alex brings to
Cutwater his deep experience in credit and bank loan management, and
will work to expand our capabilities in leveraged loans and high yield
as well as build out a related products suite, including CLO management
and other varieties of bank loan portfolios. Cutwater has managed CDOs
since 1998 and has been an active investor in structured products for
nearly 20 years. The strategic move of bringing Alex on board builds on
our established expertise in structured finance and CDO management, and
demonstrates our steadfast commitment to our mission of providing the
institutional marketplace with innovative solutions, strong and
consistent risk-adjusted returns, and a full suite of products to meet
their fixed income needs.”
About Cutwater
Cutwater Asset Management is a client-focused and solutions-based
investment advisor focused exclusively on fixed income investments.
Cutwater Asset Management is one of the largest institutional fixed
income investment managers in the world. Cutwater’s model combines
world-class investment expertise and risk management capabilities with
exceptional client service, in-depth consultation, and extensive
interaction between clients and the investment team. Our investment
philosophy is focused on delivering consistent and superior
risk-adjusted returns by taking a long-term view of the market and
applying a counter-cyclical and forward-looking approach to capital
allocation. For more information, please visit our website at www.cutwater.com.
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