Speakers at Interactive Live Broadcast 'Where to find yield in (Alternative) Fixed Income?'

Edin Mujagić is Hoofdeconoom van OHV Vermogensbeheer. Hij is geboren in 1977 in Bosnië-Herzegovina en woont sinds 1992 in Nederland waar hij macro-economie heeft gestudeerd aan de Universiteit van Tilburg. Daar heeft hij zich gespecialiseerd in monetaire economie en de centrale banken. Hij is onder meer lid van de Monetaire Kring, een discussieforum bestaande uit hoogste ambtenaren bij de centrale bank, het Ministerie van Financiën, hoogleraren economie en senior managers bij pensioenfondsen, banken en andere financiële instellingen.

Erik Norland is Executive Director and Senior Economist of CME Group. He is responsible for generating economic analysis on global financial markets by identifying emerging trends, evaluating economic factors and forecasting their impact upon those who trade in its various markets. He is also one of CME Group’s spokespeople on global economic, financial and geopolitical conditions. Prior to joining CME Group, Norland gained more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry working for investment banks and hedge funds both in the United States and in France working for hedge funds and investment banks. Norland holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an M.A.in statistics from Columbia University. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Dr Harald Henke, Executive Director, has been with Quoniam Asset Management since November 2006. As Head of Fixed Income Portfolio Management, he is responsible for the performance and public image of Quoniam’s Fixed Income products. Prior to this, he was Head of Fixed Income Research, where he was responsible for the development of quantitative models for corporate bonds and interest rate forecasts. Harald studied economics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main. He completed his doctorate at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder in the field of empirical market microstructure analysis with a focus on capital markets of emerging markets.

Jan G. Loeys is Managing Director and the Long-Term Strategist in Global Research at J.P. Morgan. He works from New York and London and advises on Strategic Investing, writing The Long-term Strategist and co-managing J.P. Morgan Perspectives. Loeys joined J.P. Morgan in New York in 1986 where he worked in International Economics and in Markets Research. Between 1992 and 2010, he worked from London as Chief Bond Strategist and then as Head of Markets Research, writing The J.P. Morgan View and Global Asset Allocation. Returning to New York, Loeys became Chief Investment Strategist for J.P. Morgan. Prior to his arrival at J.P. Morgan, he was Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He has taught finance and economics at UCLA, the Wharton School, NYU, and Fordham University. Loeys received a Lic. in Economics and Bac. in Philosophy from the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (Belgium) in 1975 and a Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA in 1982.

Joachim Fels is a Managing Director and Global Economic Advisor at PIMCO based in the Newport Beach office. He is a Member of the Investment Committee and leads PIMCO's Secular Forum. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2015, he was Global Chief Economist at Morgan Stanley in London. Previously he was an International Economist at Goldman Sachs and a Research Associate at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He has 34 years of macro research experience and holds a diploma in international studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy; a master's degree in economics from Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken, Germany; and an undergraduate degree from Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, Germany.

Markus Schaen is sinds 2008 werkzaam voor MN als Principal Fixed Income. Eerder werkte hij voor de Universiteit Maastricht, Deloitte, Metro AG, Draka Holding en Koninklijke Wegener NV. Aan de Universiteit Maastricht behaalde hij zijn doctoraaldiploma Bedrijfseconomie en rondde hij tevens de Register Accountancy-opleiding af. Daarnaast volgde hij de postdoctorale studie Treasury Management aan de VU in Amsterdam en het Executive Pensions Program aan Nyenrode.

Paul van Gent is onafhankelijk Lid van verschillende Beleggingscommissies. Tot maart 2020 was Van Gent Hoofd Impact Investing and Special Projects bij Corestone Investment Managers en lid van het Investeringscomité. Eerder was van Gent verantwoordelijk voor Manager Selection bij PME, het Nederlandse bedrijfstakpensioenfonds voor de metaalindustrie. Voordat hij bij PME in dienst trad, was hij hoofd Investment Consulting en verantwoordelijk voor de selectie van externe vermogensbeheerders voor de IBM-pensioenfondsen in de EMEA-regio. Van Gent is Bedrijfskundige, afgestudeerd aan de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.

Scott Baskind is Head of Global Private Credit and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco Fixed Income's Global Private Credit platform. He is the Head of the Investment Committees across the platform and serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager for several funds. Baskind joined Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc., a sub-advisor for certain Invesco Canada Ltd. Funds, in 1999. During his tenure at Invesco, he has served as a Portfolio Manager, Head of Loan Trading, and co-CIO. Baskind began his career as a Financial Analyst at the Bureau of Fiscal Management, City of New York. Baskind earned a BS degree in business administration, with majors in finance and management information systems, from the University at Albany, State University of New York. He currently serves as a Vice Chairman and Treasurer for the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA).

Stéphane Blanchoz is Head of SME Alternative Financing at BNP Paribas Asset Management. He was appointed to this role in November 2017, having previously headed BNP Paribas Asset Management’s alternative debt and structured finance investment teams. He joined the BNP Paribas group’s asset management arm in 2004 after four years as an auditor in the group’s ‘Inspection Générale’ department. He joined Banque Nationale de Paris in 1997 (prior to its merger with Paribas in 2000) as a Risk Manager in Tokyo, having previously held the same role at Pechiney, where he began his career in 1994 in the finance department in Sydney. Blanchoz holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Lyon II.