Paul Niklason

MacKay Shields offers a variety of fixed income and equity strategies and solutions that clients can select depending on their investment objectives. They maintain independently managed investment strategy teams, each of which conducts its own research and acts autonomously with its own distinct investment process. Investment strategies may be available through separately managed accounts, wrap programs and/or collective investment vehicles.

Functions as a College/University

CVP aims to generate high current interest income, capturing incremental returns from stressed and distressed credit investments during market dislocations and credit default cycles. The firm seeks to manage risk by investing predominantly in senior, secured loan, and bond investments. Most of their investments are in floating-rate loans from “upper middle market” companies. CVP employs fundamental credit and valuation analysis in making their investments and is an activist in managing their portfolio companies, often leading or co-leading financial restructurings to maximize value.