Mr Marcus Barnes

KANDO id: 109908

Bio

Marcus is a Director with responsibility for all fund structuring and new product launches for 3i Debt Management. He joined the Company in 2011 following the acquisition of Mizuho Investment Management (MIM) from Mizuho Corporate Bank. Prior to joining 3i, Marcus started at Mizuho in 2004, moving from Babson Capital Europe where he worked on the structuring and portfolio management of a series of leveraged loan / high yield cash flow arbitrage funds. At Mizuho Marcus headed up the portfolio management for all the Harvest and Windmill series funds, where he was responsible for all aspects of macro portfolio optimisation, asset allocation, secondary trading, and ensuring the respective portfolios are individually and collectively maximised in terms of return, diversity and risk. In addition, Marcus also covered new fund structuring and management of new business opportunities as part of his portfolio management duties. Prior to joining Babson, Marcus worked in the risk management area at Nomura International specialising in fixed income derivatives. Marcus holds a BSc (Hons) in engineering and is a qualified accountant. Marcus is approved to perform the FSA controlled function 30.

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