UNCONSTRAINED CREDIT

Fraser joined the international business of Federated Hermes in February 2010 and is Head of Credit and lead manager on the range of credit strategies. Prior to this, he was at Fortis Investments, where he was responsible for European high yield credit. Fraser graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an MA (Hons) in Economics; he earned an MSc in Investment Analysis from the University of Stirling and is a CFA charterholder. In 2017, Fraser joined the board of CFA UK, a member society of the CFA Institute. He was featured in the Financial News’ ‘40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Asset Management’, an editorial selection of the brightest up-and-coming men and women in the industry, and in 2015 Fraser was named as one of the top 10 star fund managers of tomorrow by the Daily Telegraph. In 2016, Citywire Americas named Fraser number one in their global high yield manager review, and InvestmentEurope and Investment Week both named the Federated Hermes Multi-Strategy Credit Fund top global bond fund at their respective 2017 Fund Manager of the Year Awards.

Andrew joined the international business of Federated Hermes in April 2018 with 18 years of previous experience working in financial services, of which 13 years was managing structured finance as a portfolio manager. In his role as asset-backed securities portfolio manager, he is responsible for sourcing and structuring ABS allocations within multi-asset credit portfolios. Prior to this, he was most recently the lead portfolio manager for European ABS at BlackRock, managing over $5bn of assets across portfolios including multi-asset fixed income funds, as well as segregated mandates. Prior to BlackRock, Andrew was the lead portfolio manager for ABS at ECM (European Credit Management, now part of Wells Fargo Asset Management) where he ran a team of ABS specialists managing dedicated ABS funds and allocations within wider multi-asset credit funds across European ABS, as well as US consumer ABS and Australian RMBS. Andrew started his career in financial services at Goldman Sachs in London where he worked alongside the European and emerging markets equities trading desks. Andrew holds an MA in Modern and Medieval Languages from Cambridge University.

Vincent joined the international business of Federated Hermes in 2013 and is a senior credit portfolio manager responsible for short duration strategies and global risk management for the credit portfolios. He also oversees the implementation of non-linear trading strategies, with extensive use of derivatives products such as credit options and indices. He joined from Scor Global Investments in Paris, where he was credit analyst across European high yield. Vincent holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance with Honours from Pantheon-Assas University in Paris, as well as a Bachelor’s in Management from Dauphine University in Paris.

Nachu joined the international business of Federated Hermes in March 2018 as a portfolio manager within the Credit team. She is co-portfolio manager of the SDG Engagement High Yield Credit strategy and the Climate Change High Yield strategy, as well as the sustainable portfolio manager for our range of flexible credit strategies. She joined from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, where she was a portfolio manager responsible for the plan’s active investments in emerging markets and European credit. Nachu started her career at JPMorgan in London as a sell-side analyst where she spent 13 years covering, firstly, European high yield and investment grade and then CEEMEA credit. Nachu graduated from the London School of Economics with a degree in Economics and is a CFA charterholder.