Marc Bushallow is the Managing Director of Fixed Income at Manning & Napier. Prior to becoming Managing Director, Marc was a Senior Analyst in the Fixed Income Group, concentrating on analysis of below investment-grade corporate bonds. He also spent some time at the firm as an Assistant performing quantitative and macroeconomic research. Today, Marc works on economic overviews and the top-down positioning of the firm’s fixed income portfolios. He oversees the firm’s high-yield, nontraditional, and core fixed income strategies, and is also a member of the firm’s Investment Policy Group. In addition, Marc is a member of the Executive Committee, which is responsible for the strategic management and vision of the firm.

Marc joined Manning & Napier in 1999 and left to pursue a master’s degree in 2002, returning to the firm in 2008. Before returning to Manning & Napier, Marc spent four years at Barclays Capital, gaining sell-side experience requiring the evaluation and recommendation of high-yield credit, including both cash and derivative products. He acquired and applied detailed understanding of new issue syndication, trading, bond structure and covenants, etc. During that time, Marc and his team were two-time runners-up in the Institutional Investor All-Europe Fixed-Income Research Team poll for High-Yield Consumer Products.

Marc earned his BA in Economics from the State University of New York at Geneseo and his MS in Economics from the London School of Economics & Political Science. He is also a CFA® charterholder.