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Fraser Lundie
CFA, Head of Hermes Credit and Lead Portfolio Manager

Fraser joined Hermes in February 2010 and is Head of Credit and lead manager on the Hermes 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. Having previously featured in Financial News’s ‘40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Asset Management’, an editorial selection of the brightest up-and-coming men and women in the industry, 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 Hermes Multi Strategy Credit Fund top global bond fund at their respective 2017 Fund Manager of the Year Awards.

  • 13/09/2019
    Fixed Income
    Flexible Credit: Strategies for all Seasons
    Fraser Lundie
    A flexible, all-weather approach to credit investing has risen in popularity during the past decade.
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  • 08/07/2019
    Fixed Income
    Hermes Unconstrained Credit celebrates one-year anniversary
    Andrew Jackson
    One year on from its launch, we ask: how has Hermes Unconstrained Credit performed?
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  • 30/05/2019
    Fixed Income
    Video: Reflecting on six years of Multi-Strategy Credit
    Fraser Lundie
    As the Multi-Strategy Credit hits a key milestone in June, Fraser Lundie, Head of Hermes Credit, looks back on how the strategy has fared in challenging markets since inception.
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  • 25/11/2018
    Fixed Income
    Hermes expands global credit team with emerging market debt appointment
    Fraser Lundie
    Hermes Investment Management, the $46.9 billion manager, has announced the appointment of Nachu Chockalingam as Senior Emerging Market Debt Portfolio Manager. Based in London, Nachu reports into Fraser Lundie, Co-Head of Credit. The appointment is representative of the firm’s approach to providing current and prospective clients with access to all areas of global credit markets. Nachu will help manage the performance and risk of existing emerging market allocations across all liquid credit strategies. This includes the Hermes Unconstrained Credit Fund, which was launched in May 2018 and has since raised $386 million[1].
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  • 17/01/2017
    Fixed Income
    Macy’s in a muddle
    Fraser Lundie
    Despite an improving domestic economy, the US retail industry is under pressure. Changing consumer preferences, falling tourist numbers, unseasonal weather and the rise of fashion e-retailers are among the reasons why US retailers – and department stores in particular – are struggling. Fraser Lundie, Co-Head of Credit, and Ilana Elbim, Credit Analyst at Hermes Investment Management, explain how they responded to this structural change with a defensive trade involving Macy’s, whose flawed strategy for reviving sales has proved one of the least effective in the sector.
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