Bill Blain
Bill Blain is a prominent author and a leading market commentator and strategist. Blain is Strategist and Head of Alternative Assets at Shard Capital, a leading wealth and asset manager. He is also the Editor of Blain's Morning Porridge, a daily market commentary that provides independent insights and strategy on global markets. He covers a mix of broad macro and micro trends in bonds, stocks, currencies, and commodities. Blain has been involved in the growth and advancement of the global fixed income markets since 1985. Over the years, he has pioneered complex financial products that include corporate bonds, bank capital, medium-term notes, asset-backed securities, and private placements.
Bill Blain Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Strategist and Head of Alternative Assets
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Journalist
Academic History
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B.A., Economics, With Honors
Blain leads the firm's Alternatives Group, financing private debt and equity deals and direct lending transactions.
His clients include sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, insurance and pension managers, credit funds, and family offices.
BLAIN'S MORNING PORRIDGE
He shares his own take on esoteric assets, including bank capital, mezzanine and preferred debt, asset-backed deals, loans and alternative investments.
He also examines what's moving the markets, including politics, global events, stocks and shares, bonds, and alternatives, among others.
EXPERTISE
Blain is a well-known financier, market strategist, and commentator on financial markets.
He is also a practicing investment banker in the alternative private debt and equity sector.
His clients include sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, insurance and pension managers, credit funds, and family offices.
EARLY CAREER
He spent his early career as a journalist at Euromoney and Bloomberg.
He has worked for leading investment banks and brokerages at senior levels.
He ran the Financial Institutions Sector at Bear Stearns and HSBC, and became an expert in the Sovereign Debt Crisis during the 2008-12 Crisis.
He initiated the Capital Markets Group at Mint Partners, raising finance through private placements, direct lending, secured and hybrid debt/equity.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS