John Purcell
Mr. Purcell has 30 years of experience in the financial industry, both on the sell-side and in asset management. He spent the bulk of his sell-side career at Salomon Bros and the successor companies, including Citigroup. There, he became Head of Global Fixed Income Syndicate covering high grade, high yield, emerging markets, project and equipment finance, and ABS. During that time, the firm was the #1 underwriter of corporate, international, emerging markets, and US agency debt. He also ran North American Capital Markets. He subsequently spent 7 years with King Street Capital Management as Co-Head of Global Capital Markets and Marketing/Investor Relations.
Experience and Background
Extensive trading and client management experience with pensions, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments & foundations, family offices, and asset managers.
Extensive firsthand knowledge of the investment and trading characteristics of all major fixed income sectors and how they compare to music royalties.
Significant risk management and trading experience across various asset classes with aggregate balance sheet exposures ranging from $2 billion to $10 billion
Bought as principal and traded numerous corporate and sovereign bond issues sized between $500 million and $1 billion each, across various sectors