Peter A. Schmidt-Fellner
Chief Investment Officer

Peter Schmidt-Fellner serves as Chief Investment Officer of the Company, is a member of the firm’s Management and Underwriting Committees and is Chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Company's Board of Directors.

Mr. Schmidt-Fellner joined the Company from JP Morgan Securities Inc. in June 2004, after approximately ten years with the firm and its predecessor institutions. He was Head of High-Yield Bond Sales, Trading, Research and Loan Trading and co-Head High-Yield Capital Markets. During his tenure, Mr. Schmidt-Fellner was also responsible for building the top ranked loan trading business in the United States (both par and distressed) as reported in Loan Market Week. Mr. Schmidt-Fellner was a founder of Chemical Securities Inc.’s high yield bond business, which was merged sequentially with the high yield operations at Chase Securities Inc. and JP Morgan Securities Inc. His responsibilities included, but were not limited to, risk management oversight of the High Yield Bond and Loan Trading portfolios as well as co-responsibility for the Bridge Loan portfolio. Mr. Schmidt-Fellner was also a member of the High Yield New Issue Underwriting Committee. Previously, he spent approximately two and one-half years with Citicorp Securities Inc. and approximately six years in the investment banking division of Drexel, Burnham, Lambert & Co.

Mr. Schmidt-Fellner graduated summa cum laude from Colby College and received an MBA with distinction from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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