Kirsten Barfield

Sole credit analyst hired into newly created postion to build out infrastructure of Corporate Bond Fund and generate new ideas. Focus on corporate credit (IG, securitisation, ABS, PFI, HY). Authorised to deal and involved in portfolio management

Scale up of Brummer backed liquid credit long short fund Observatory Capital from <$100m to $1200m+ capital. Focus on idea generation in cash and CDS for fundamental and relative value/arbitrage books (investment grade and high yield bonds). - Financial management of 9 flat property, organisation of major works and collection of overdue debts - Feb 2011 - Feb 2014 - Review of defaulted European Capital portfolio for lending banks employed by Capvest /Mezzvest

Research Analyst - focused on sub-investment grade research and idea generation within the European paper and packaging and healthcare industries for European CLOs and US credit opportunity funds (leveraged loans, high yield bonds, mezzanine)

Leveraged Finance Analyst - private side credit research in European leveraged loans and mezzanine for CLOs and leveraged loan funds.

Started on the investment banking graduate training programme of UBS Investment Bank in 1999, spending five years working in healthcare corporate finance, leveraged finance and high yield capital markets in London and New York. Promoted to Associate Director effective March 2002

Asset Management, Financial Markets

German (Language + Literature), French (Language + Literature)