Gershon Distenfeld
Gershon Distenfeld is Senior Vice President and Co-Head of Fixed Income at AllianceBernstein. In this role, he is responsible for the management and strategic growth of AB’s fixed-income business. With 22 years of experience in the markets, Distenfeld has published a number of papers, including one on high-yield bonds being ideal substitutes for equities and another on the often-misunderstood disparities between loans and high-yield bonds.
Gershon Distenfeld Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Senior Vice President and Co-Head of Fixed Income
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Director of High-Yield
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High-Yield Portfolio Manager
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High-Yield Trader
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Operations Analyst
Academic History
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BS, Finance
- Distenfeld is also a Director of Credit and a member of the Operating Committee at AB, where he oversees all of the firm's Credit-related strategies.
- He co-manages AB’s multiple-award-winning High Income Fund and the multiple-award-winning Global High Yield and American Income portfolios.
- He designed and is one of the lead portfolio managers for AB’s Multi-Sector Credit Strategy.
- He began his career in 1997 as an operations analyst supporting Emerging Markets Debt at Lehman Brothers.
- He is a CFA charterholder.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.