Kirsten Macaulay

Functions as a College/University

RBC BlueBay is an active investment manager partnering with clients to deliver optimal outcomes across asset classes. The firm’s investment expertise is characterized by their specialist fixed income credentials, broad-based equity capabilities, integrated ESG approach and impact investing strategies. They have a global perspective with local expertise in their core markets. RBC BlueBay's investment process combines top-down macroeconomic research and bottom-up microeconomic research.

Muzinich & Co. is a long-term investor which aims to generate attractive and risk-adjusted returns. The firm manages dynamic portfolios based on both fundamental and relative value considerations. Their funds target income generation and long-term capital appreciation with limited volatility. They conduct their own in-depth, bottom-up research in making investment decisions and look at the strength of a company’s business plan, its management, its history and its viability in different economic environments. In order to minimize or avoid defaults and credit impairments, Muzinich & Co. looks for bonds for which the market is mispricing risk and constantly assesses relative value and dynamically adjusts portfolios as risk-return profiles change.