Joseph Cantwell
Co-Head of Global Fixed Income
Senior Portfolio Manager
Stephen Cianci, CFA
Co-Head of Global Fixed Income
Senior Portfolio Manager
Neil Moriarty
Co-Head of Global Fixed Income
Senior Portfolio Manager
Steven Friedman
Chair of Investment
Policy Committee andSenior Macroeconomist
Portfolio Managers / Credit Research
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Joe is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of the Global Fixed Income group. As the Head of Credit for the Global Fixed Income group, Joe is responsible for corporate credit investments across all the group’s portfolios as well as dedicated corporate investment grade, high yield and bank loan strategies. In addition to his portfolio management duties, he also serves as Co-Chair of the Credit Committee and Head of Credit Research. Prior to joining MacKay in 2013, Joe worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management for three years as a High Yield Analyst and also had portfolio management responsibilities for the corporate allocation of the Strategic Income strategy. From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a Research Analyst for Silvermine Capital where his primary focus was bank loans. Earlier in his career, he worked at Morgan Stanley as a Credit Analyst. Joe received a BA in Spanish from Georgetown University and his MBA from Columbia Business School. He has been in the financial services industry since 2002.
Steve Cianci, CFA, is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of the Global Fixed Income group. As the Co-Head of the Multisector Strategies for the Global Fixed Income group, Steve, along with Neil Moriarty, is responsible for all investment decisions across those strategies which include Core, Core Plus and Unconstrained portfolios. Prior to joining MacKay Shields in January 2018, he was with Aberdeen for 7 years where his responsibilities included Head of US Core Plus and Opportunistic fixed income on the North American Fixed Income team. Before joining with Aberdeen, Steve worked as Co-Head of Core and Core Plus fixed income strategies, lead portfolio manager for Short Duration products and the Head of Structured Products at Logan Circle Partners. Previously, he held similar roles as a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Delaware Investments. He is an adjunct professor of finance and a member of the Business Advisory Council at Widener University.
Steve graduated with a MBA and BA from Widener University and is a CFA charterholder. He has been working in the investment industry since 1992.
Neil Moriarty is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of the Global Fixed Income group. As the Co-Head of the Multisector Strategies for the Global Fixed Income group, Neil along with Steve Cianci, is responsible for all investment decisions across those strategies which include Core, Core Plus and Unconstrained portfolios. Prior to joining MacKay Shields in January 2018, he was with Aberdeen via the 2005 acquisition of Deutsche Asset Management's London and Philadelphia fixed income businesses. While at Aberdeen, his responsibilities included Head of US Core, Structured Products and Co-Head of US Core Short Duration. Neil joined Deutsche in 2002 from Swathmore/Cypress Capital Management where he worked in fixed income portfolio management. Previously, he worked for Chase Securities in fixed income trading and research. Prior to that, Neil worked for Paine Webber in fixed income trading and research.
Neil graduated with a BA from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has been working in the investment industry since 1987.
Steve is Senior Macroeconomist for the Global Fixed Income Team and Chair of the Investment Policy Committee. Steve joined MacKay Shields from BNP Paribas Asset Management (originally Fischer Francis Trees & Watts), where he served as a Senior Economist providing macroeconomic forecasts and scenario analysis for internal investment teams as an input into strategic and tactical asset allocation. Prior to that, he served as Director of Market Analysis and Foreign Exchange and Investments at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he held a variety of senior roles for more than fifteen years. Steve received his BA from Wesleyan University and holds masters degrees from Johns Hopkins – School of Advanced International Studies and Columbia Business School.