Howard is head of U.S. core and core-plus fixed income at Manulife Investment Management. He serves as a lead portfolio manager for the core-plus fixed-income strategy and the core fixed-income strategy. Prior to joining the company, he spent more than 14 years at Sun Life Financial Services of Canada, where he worked as a senior vice president for Sun Capital Advisers and managed investment-grade and high-yield fixed-income portfolios for Sun Life’s general account and separately managed pension clients, mutual funds, and other institutional investors. Earlier in his career, Howard worked at Baring Asset Management as a fixed-income analyst. He holds the Certified Financial Analyst designation, is a member of the CFA Society Boston, and a past president and director of the Fixed Income Management Society of Boston. Howard has made several appearances on Bloomberg TV to discuss the bond market.
- Education: B.B.A. in Business Administration, University of Massachusetts; M.B.A., Northeastern University
- Joined the company: 2002
- Began career: 1983
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The case for core: fixed-income investing in an era of yield scarcity
The most surprising aspect of the bond markets over the past year wasn’t how badly things fell apart—it was how quickly they recovered. We take a closer look at the role core and core plus strategies can play in an era when the “easy money” has already been made.
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Bond market liquidity and the dash to cash: making sense of the current environment
The massive selling in many segments of the fixed-income market has led to valuations not seen in more than a decade. We take a closer look at the forces in play and the opportunities that have been created.
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