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PIMCO's HOUSING PROJECT

In its 4Q06 Market Review & Outlook, PIMCO looks at how housing, and other factors, may affect the economy over the next several quarters

The PIMCO Housing Project Research Team

Conducting thorough and frequent analysis of the wide range of factors influencing the outlook for housing requires expertise as well as resources. PIMCO is well positioned for this task, with in-house experts on the mortgage-backed securities market, the ABS and CDO market, economic analysis and credit analysis, as well as the resources to send our experts into the field to establish local contacts and conduct ground-level research. Members of the Housing Project include:

  • Scott Simon, a Managing Director and PIMCO’s mortgage guru, leads the Housing Project research team. Mr. Simon has 22 years investment experience and has been named seven times to positions on the Institutional Investor All-America Fixed-Income Research Team, including first place honors in MBS pass-throughs and overall MBS strategies.
  • Dan Ivascyn is a portfolio manager with PIMCO’s mortgage and ABS team. He has 14 years of investment experience and an MBA in analytic finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
  • Josh Anderson is a portfolio manager in our ABS/MBS group who also manages the ABS research team. He has 10 years of investment experience and holds an MBA in both accounting and finance from the State University of New York, Buffalo and the CPA certification. In addition, he is a CFA charterholder and Series 7, 63 and 65 certified.
  • Saumil Parikh is a portfolio manager in our MBS team. He has seven years of investment experience graduated Phi Beta Kappa with bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Biology from Grinnell College, and is a CFA charterholder.
  • Alfred Murata is a Vice President, portfolio manager and a member of PIMCO’s mortgage team. He joined PIMCO in 2001. Previously, Mr. Murata was associated with Nikko Financial Technologies, where he researched and implemented algorithms to price exotic equity and interest rate derivatives. He is a Ph.D. candidate in engineering-economic systems and operations research at Stanford University, and a J.D. candidate at Stanford Law School. Mr. Murata holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from McGill University and a master’s degree in engineering-economic systems and operations research from Stanford University. Mr. Murata has completed the Level I, II and III exams in the CFA program.
  • Giang Bui is a member of our ABS team, providing credit research, trade ideas and back-end surveillance of sector-specific ABS assets. She holds a bachelor's degree in Management Science and Bio-Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
  • Rosa Yi, CFA, is a member of our ABS/MBS group with six years of investment experience. She focuses primarily on credit research across various ABS sectors and obtained her bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley.
  • Stefanie Evans is a mortgage credit analyst. She has twelve years of investment experience and holds a bachelor's degree with a concentration in finance from the California State University, Long Beach.
  • Alfonso Portillo is a Vice President and a mortgage- and asset-backed specialist in our structured products group. He rejoined PIMCO in 2001 after working as a corporate trader on the High Grade desk of Payden and Rygel. Prior to that he was senior portfolio associate on the PIMCO mortgage hub. He has 10 years of investment experience, holds a bachelor's degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Southern California and masters in business degrees from Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley.
  • Hansford Warner is a CDO structure analyst and ABS specialist with our ABS/MBS group. He joined the firm in 2001, having previously been associated with Jennison Associates, LLC in New York. He has seven years of investment experience, holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Connecticut, and is a CFA charterholder.
  • Jennifer Bridwell is PIMCO’s product manager for ABS/MBS and has 17 years of experience in mortgage finance, including positions at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. She holds bachelors degrees in economics with finance concentration as well as Russian area studies from Southern Methodist University.

    • The PIMCO Housing Project in Action

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