Laila Kollmorgen
Laila Kollmorgen is Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of CLO Tranche for PineBridge Investments, a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing. She is responsible for managing the investments in Collateralized Loan Obligation tranches issued by third-party managers. Prior to joining the firm, Kollmorgen was Managing Director, Head of European Structured Products Trading at Raymond James Financial in London. She has more than two decades of fixed income experience that includes originating, structuring, sourcing, investing and trading US and European products for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York, HSH Nordbank in Hamburg, and BNP Paribas in London.
Laila Kollmorgen Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of CLO Tranche
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Head of European Structured Products Trading
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Managing Director and Head of European ABS/CDO Trading
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Head of Secondary ABS Trading
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Vice President
Academic History
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M.B.A., Finance and Statistics
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B.A., Cum Laude
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Vice Chair, Fixed Income Investor Network
EARLY CAREER
Kollmorgen has over 25 years of experience in US and European credit, treasuries, derivatives, securitization, CLOs, and emerging markets.
She was Head of European Structured Products Trading for Raymond James Financial and Head of European ABS/CDO Syndicate & Trading at Cohen & Company.
She was a Consultant for Dresdner Bank AG, Head of Secondary ABS Trading for BNP Paribas, and Portfolio Manager for HSH Nordbank.
Earlier in her career, she was a Vice President for Merrill Lynch, focused on MBS option trading and Latin American Structured Finance Rotation.
She is also an industry expert and frequent speaker on CLOs.