
Timeline
About me
Associate Portfolio Manager at Allianz Global Investors
Education

Cass business school
2010 - 2014Investment and financial risk management investment and financial risk managementActivities and Societies: Cass Finance Society
Experience

Ubs wealth management
Jul 2011 - Sept 2011Summer internRegular responsibilities included summarising the week’s events in global markets and identifying the most relevant information from a selection of resources for the Ultra High Net Worth team and developing a clear and concise understanding of market developments and meeting deadlines.

Ubp - union bancaire privée
Jun 2012 - Sept 2013Desk assistantTrading liquid bonds in the market with a maximum value per trade. The role involved communicating on a daily basis with senior Portfolio Managers in UBP. Ultimately, I traded on their decisions, after providing live indicative bids or offers. In order to trade on live markets I was required to pass the CISI L3 Financial Regulations exam.As a desk assistant, my responsibilities were to collate information using the in-house platform and using a number of databases to compute, present and summarise complex information to the team. Clear and concise reporting to senior managers was required, including efficiently summarising data output. The graphical representation of these models was a useful tool to visually support conclusions and recommendations drawn from the analytics and to inform future investments. Show less

Columbia threadneedle investments
Apr 2015 - Jul 2016Fixed income / em analystResponsibilities in the Fixed Income team included timely updates to all fixed income product stakeholders, including incorporating changes to strategy and new trade ideas in client materials and producing regular market commentaries.My responsibilities in the EM team were to maintain research coverage of companies based predominantly in EMEA & Latin America, primarily covering the Information Technology sector in CEE and the Industrials sector in LatAm. Investment recommendations were based on meeting company management, DCF models & fundamentals analysis and the assessment of the broader macro environment in each region through broker research and calls with sell-side analysts. Show less

Allianz global investors
Jan 2017 - now• Credit research focusing on REITs including Data Centers, Towers & European Real Estate issuers including European Securitizations in RMBS and CMBS markets• Credit research focusing on US Corporates including Food & Beverage and Transportation sectors• Pricing and relative valuation of debt instruments across the capital stack (senior and subordinated corporate bonds) as well as across different tranches (for securitisations) in primary and secondary markets• Building and interpreting financial models with credit fundamentals and presenting in sector reviews including a hypothetical ranking for issuers in each respective sector based on fundamental quality• Generating investment ideas whilst considering the macro views of the team• Ad-hoc research projects including analysing the implications of a flatter yield curve as well as quant-driven studies on the illiquidity premium and fair value of spreads in High Yield markets Show less
Associate Portfolio Manager, Impact Investments
Jun 2022 - nowCredit Analyst
Jan 2017 - Jul 2022
Licenses & Certifications

Chartered financial analyst (cfa)
Cfa instituteFeb 2022.webp)
Cisi level 3 unit 1 fsa finacial regulation
Chartered institute for securities & investment (cisi)Apr 2013
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Kris Katzarov, CFACass Undergraduate Scholarship -
Volunteer Experience
Assistant
Issued by The Bridge Academy on Jul 2011
Associated with Kris Katzarov, CFAAssistant
Issued by Whitechapel Mission on May 2016
Associated with Kris Katzarov, CFA
Languages
- enEnglish
- buBulgarian
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