Stephen M. LaPlante

Mr. Stephen M.
LaPlante, CFA MBA, is a Vice President & Co-Portfolio Manager at Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP.
He is also a senior analyst, specializing in RMBS and covered bonds.
Mr. LaPlante joined Loomis Sayles in 2017 as a Mortgage and Structured Finance Analyst and has 14 years of investment industry experience.
Previously, he was a Senior Analyst at Manulife, responsible for the mortgage credit sector including nonagency RMBS and agency risk transfer securities.
Prior to this, he was a Senior Analyst at Income Research and Management, serving as the primary analyst in commercial mortgage credit, including CMBS and agency CMBS securities.
Before this, he was at White Mountains Advisors as a portfolio analyst, maintaining portfolio level analytics, evaluating pricing models, and monitoring exposures across the firm’s portfolios, which included ABS, CMBS, RMBS holdings as well as Agency, Sovereign and Corporate securities.
Mr. LaPlante earned a BS from Union College and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.