Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danish pension fund PFA has hired Jacob Jacques Hermann as senior portfolio manager from fixed-income relative value specialist Garda Capital Partners. Hermann will join PFA on July 1 after two and a half years of fixed-income derivative trading at Garda.
“I look forward to being part of PFA’s strong Fixed Income team,” Hermann tells FinansWatch.dk. “Fixed income markets are currently experiencing extreme volatility and therefore the new task will be both challenging and exciting.” Hermann is joining PFA’s fixed-income team as a senior portfolio manager and will be responsible for PFA’s mortgage bond investments.
Hermann joins PFA from Garda Capital Partners, a fixed-income relative value specialist with offices in several cities across the world including Copenhagen. The asset manager oversees more than $8 billion in assets under management from institutional investors.
“I look forward to being part of PFA’s strong Fixed Income team. Fixed income markets are currently experiencing extreme volatility and therefore the new task will be both challenging and exciting.”
Before joining Garda Capital Partners in December 2019, Hermann spent three and a half years at Goldman Sachs as an analyst and associate focused on Nordic macro solutions. He started his career as a student analyst at SEB Wealth Management and an assistant analyst at Nordea Markets. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Copenhagen.
