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| Jane Yu, CFA, Vice President, is a portfolio manager for the Emerging Markets Debt team within BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group. She has responsibility for EM corporate strategies.
Prior to joining BlackRock in June 2012, Jane was a portfolio manager/credit analyst for the Emerging Markets Debt team at Fischer Francis Trees and Watts - FFTW (wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas) for three years where she was responsible for generating alpha ideas related to emerging markets credit. Prior to the merger between BNP Paribas and Fortis, Jane was an emerging markets debt credit analyst for Fortis Investments for three years, with responsibility for corporate bond analysis. She began her career as a research associate in Nottingham University Business School in 2005.
Jane earned a PhD in Economics and an MSc in International Money and Banking from University of Birmingham in the UK. Jane is a CFA charterholder. |
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| Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2013;
Partner at Traxis from 2007 to 2013;
Partner at Rubicon from 2004 to 2007;
Portfolio Manager at UBS from 2002 to 2004;
Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management from 1999 to 2002.
Senior economist at the IMF from 1991 to 1998. |
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| Celina Apóstolo Merrill, Managing Director, is a Portfolio Manager and the Head of Emerging Markets Corporate Debt at BlackRock. Ms. Merrill manages and oversees the allocation of EM Corporate Credit investments for for PMG. Ms. Merrill is responsible for portfolio construction, security selection, fundamental research and credit underwriting, as well as risk management of the team's investments. Ms. Merrill also manages the ESG assessment, investment process and integration for the portfolios. This includes active engagement with corporate and sovereign issuers in EM, in conjunction with the Investment Stewardship Team (BIS). Prior to joining Blackrock in 2018, Ms. Merrill was a Portfolio Manager and Senior Investment Analyst at J.P. Morgan Investment Management, where she was responsible for High Yield Corporate investment across EM as well as fundamental research of Latin American corporates. Her expertise includes deep-dive fundamental analysis across the credit spectrum, relative value analysis in liquid markets, and active creditor participation in restructurings . She began her career in Investment Banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co., followed by Distressed investing in Latin America and the United States at TPG Credit Management and Credit Suisse Securities. Ms. Merrill received a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in International Relations from Yale University and her M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She serves on the advisory boards for Win, largest provider of family shelter and supportive housing in New York City. Ms. Merrill is originally from El Salvador and is a native Spanish Speaker. |
