Credit Aperitivo with Bloomberg Intelligence: Navigating Tight Credit Spread Waters

Rocco Bove joined Kairos in 2011 as Head of the Fixed Income Desk managing Bond and Bond Plus.

He is a licensed financial journalist and has written a weekly column on corporate bonds for several years.

He began his professional career in 2001 at Monte Paschi Asset Management SGR (now Anima SGR), where he initially worked as an analyst and later as a portfolio manager, responsible for investments in high-yield corporate bonds. He then became Head of the entire “Spread Products” segment and all target maturity strategies.

He holds a degree with honors in Business Administration from the University of Roma Tre and a Master’s degree in International Finance from the University of Pavia.

Graduated with honors in economics at Bocconi University, he began his career in asset management at Monte dei Paschi Asset Management. He then became head of credit funds at Euromobiliare Asset Management and Fideuram Asset Management Ireland to then move to the management of insurance portfolios. He’s currently head of Liability Driven Investing in Generali Asset Management, where He’s responsible for EUR 300 bn of assets across several asset classes.

Martino Rinaldi has over 15 years of experience in the asset management industry, specializing in the credit space. Since 2018, he has been the sole fund manager of Planetarium Enhanced Euro Credit, a flexible Euro Corporate fund that has received 5 Stars by CFS Rating and 4 Stars by Morningstar. Since 2023, he has also held an “AA” Citywire Rating in his category. Previously, he was a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Cassa Lombarda from 2010 to 2018, managing discretionary mandates for High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI). Martino holds a Master’s degree cum laude in Economics and Finance from the University of Milan – Bicocca

Alessandro is a Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager and Financial Advisor at Symphonia SGR, where he manages OICR and SICAV portfolios, advises both retail and institutional investors, and focuses on high-beta credit instruments such as HY, hybrids, AT1 and RT1.

Previously, he spent 14 years at UnipolSai as Senior Portfolio Manager, overseeing corporate bond, pension fund and unit-linked portfolios.

He began his career at Aletti Gestielle SGR and started as a trainee at Pioneer Investments.

Tolu Alamutu, a senior credit analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, specializes in European real estate issuers and emerging market banks. With experience at Gramercy Ltd, Tellimer, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, she holds dual B.Sc. degrees and is a CFA Charterholder.

Ruben previously served as Senior Analyst in Fixed Income at BBVA for over 4 years and as a Financial Analyst at Moody’s Investors Service. Ruben also gained experience in financial services at EY. He holds an MS in Banking and Finance from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and completed the International Business Program at the University of Warsaw. Additionally, he is certified in Wealth and Investment Management from CISI.

Mahesh Bhimalingam is the Global Head of Credit Strategy and Chief European Credit Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence since 2019. He covers European Credit markets, across all shades of Investment Grade, High Yield, Sterling, iTraxx, Leveraged Loans, Cocos and Green Credit while also managing the global credit strategy team covering US, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Securitized credit. Based in London, Mahesh has 25 years of experience covering Global Credit and Fixed Income across Developed and Emerging Markets.

Prior to joining Bloomberg in 2019, Mahesh worked as the Global Macro Strategist for Numen Capital, a multi-strategy hedge fund. Before that, he was Global Head of Emerging Market Credit Strategy and Head of European Credit Strategy at BNP for nearly 5 years leading large research teams.

Mahesh holds an MBA from IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Ahmedabad and a B.Tech Engineering degree from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras.

Aidan, based in London, has more than 18 years of leveraged and investment grade corporate credit research experience. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he was a director at Citigroup, where he was a trading desk analyst specializing in TMT, basic materials and defense. As a director at Deutsche Bank, he was an analyst covering basic materials and diversified industrials. He was associate director at Duff & Phelps and Fitch Ratings covering emerging markets, property and infrastructure ABS.

Jeroen, based in London, has more than 20 years of experience covering the financial services sectors. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he was a sell-side credit analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch as covering European banks and insurers. Before that, he held research analyst positions at Barclays, HSBC Asset Management, Fitch Ratings and Fox-Pitt, Kelton. He holds a masters degree in financial economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Renato Prieto joined Bloomberg Intelligence in 2023 as a Research Content Analyst for Global FICC. During his over 10 year sell-side career mostly at Bank of America, he was exposed to a wide range of investment strategies – from insurance mandates to alternative asset managers – and he seeks to capitalise on that experience to foster multifaceted debate. Renato is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.