Collaborate with global portfolio managers in identifying and capturing investment opportunities across high yield and investment grade corporate credit, covering sectors including Financials, Homebuilders, and REITs

• Generated and implemented catalyst-driven investment ideas across the high yield and investment grade Energy and Financials sectors as a member of the investment team of one of Canada’s largest hedge funds• Coordinated with firm’s trading team to identify best expression of trade ideas across bonds, loans, equities, and derivatives, determine position sizing, and establish target entry and exit levels for current and potential positions across portfolios

• Evaluated company fundamentals and assessed relative value across issuers and capital structures in generating investment recommendations across the global Financials space (high yield, investment grade, and emerging markets)• Managed and developed the firm’s junior analysts, guiding the group through the processes of converting fundamental research into actionable investment ideas, building financial models for analysts, and fostering relationships across the sell side and buy side• Served as one of six members of the firm’s research leadership committee with responsibility for helping to set near-term and long-term goals for the broader research group• Enhanced the firm’s visibility across the industry by developing relationships with sell side analysts, ratings agency analysts, and corporate management teams, as well as participating at industry conferences as an attendee and speaker

• Reviewed corporate financial statements, created financial models, and analyzed corporate actions in providing research coverage of fixed income issuers in the Financials and Healthcare sectors on BNP’s corporate credit trading desk• Engaged in active dialogue with BNP Paribas’ trading clients and represented the bank in client meetings as the firm’s senior analyst covering US and European banks in the United States• Constructed trade ideas using bonds and CDS and presented ideas to the bank’s sales team, traders, and clients

• Generated catalyst-driven investment ideas focused on high yield corporate credit and equities as a member of the investment team of a multi-strategy hedge fund• Conducted thorough due diligence on investment ideas, including meeting with corporate management teams, analyzing historical financial statements, and reviewing credit agreements to develop a robust understanding of investment risks• Constructed financial models and performed multiples, sum-of-the-parts, and comparable company valuation analyses to evaluate potential investment opportunities

• Produced qualitative analysis on several of the firm’s existing hedge fund investments accounting for between 11 and 16% of a $14 billion fund of hedge funds portfolio, including three of the firm’s 10 largest investments• Led the due diligence process for potential investment opportunities with hedge fund managers executing credit-focused and market neutral investing strategies, from initial manager interviews to negotiation of investment terms• Presented investment recommendations on existing and potential investments to the firm’s Investment Committee• Composed written communications for the firm’s clients on a monthly and quarterly basis, including market commentary and investment performance summaries

• Spearheaded research projects for the firm’s research department, including portfolio positioning analysis and manager performance peer comparisons