Eric Fine

Eric Fine

Director of Russian Operations

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Portfolio Manager/Managing Director/Head of Active EM Debt at VanEck

  • Education

    • Duke University

      1984 - 1987
      Public Policy

      Activities and Societies: Class honors, cum laude Co-captain, Water Polo Team (paper varsity when/if we qualified for finals)Junior Olympics Water Polo

    • Harvard University

      1987 - 1989
      Master of Public Administration (MPA, 2-year) International Trade/Finance

      Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant to Prof. Francis Bator (Macroeconomics) Elected Class Representative to Harvard Student Government Thesis analyzed economic outcomes of national science systems (Profs. Richard Neustadt and Ernest May advisers)

  • Experience

    • IFC/Harvard Institute for International Development

      Jan 1992 - May 1994
      Director of Russian Operations

      Designed and installed the physical infrastructure (servers, modems, comms software, etc.) of Russia's first securities clearing system, which cleared and settled privatization vouchers as part of the country's US-sponsored privatization program, the largest wealth transfer in history. The physical infrastructure has since been used as the backbone of the Russian banking system, including hosting the (former) SWIFT messaging system. Installed and connected (via nationwide fiber-optic cable system and centralized packet-switching-network) physical systems in 33 cities across 13 time zones in 3 years. Led US program inside Russia’s Privatization Ministry (Goskomimushestvo), under Larry Summers and Andrei Shleifer. (Ian Freed Consultancy’s client was the Harvard Institute for International Development.) Show less

    • Morgan Stanley

      Jan 1994 - Jan 2008

      Head of Global Emerging Markets Proprietary Trading (Bonds, FX, derivatives) Head of Global Emerging Markets Research (Economics and Fixed Income Strategy) Head of EMEA Economics and Fixed Income StrategyWas second-fastest rise from Associate to Managing Director at Morgan Stanley

      • Managing Director

        Jan 2004 - Jan 2008
      • Managing Director

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2004
      • Managing Director

        Jan 1994 - Jan 2000
    • VanEck

      Apr 2009 - now
      Managing Director/Portfolio Manager/Head of Active EM Debt Management

      Manage emerging market bond (sovereign usd, corporate usd, and local currency) portfolios

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Series 7, 63, 24, 55, 16