BI Analyst Briefing: 2022 Global Credit Outlook
Speakers
Mahesh Bhimalingam
Chief European Credit Strategist
Bloomberg Intelligence
Mahesh Bhimalingam is the Chief European Credit Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence. He covers European Credit markets, across all shades of Investment Grade, High Yield and Leveraged Loans. Based in London, Mahesh has 19 years of experience covering Global Credit and Fixed Income across Developed and Emerging Markets. Prior to joining Bloomberg in 2019, Mahesh worked as the Global Macro Strategist for Numen Capital, a multi-strategy hedge fund identifying macro situations across developed and emerging markets. Before that, he was Global Head of Emerging Market Credit Strategy and Head of European Credit Strategy at BNP for nearly 5 years. Preceding BNP, he was Head of European Credit Strategy at Deutsche Bank for 3 years. He spent 5 years at Barclays Capital where he was Head of Leveraged Finance Strategy and a European Credit Strategist. At the beginning of his career at Lehman brothers, he was a Mortgage trader and Structurer, an Emerging Markets Strategist and a European Credit Strategist. Mahesh brings extensive knowhow of credit derivatives and credit-equity-rates macro linkages across geographies to the BI franchise. Mahesh holds a MBA from IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Ahmedabad and a B.Tech Engineering degree from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras.
Noel Hebert
Director of FICC Strategy & US Credit Strategist
Bloomberg Intelligence
Noel Hebert is global director of fixed income, currency and commodity strategy for Bloomberg Intelligence. He specializes in U.S. investment grade and high yield corporate credit strategy. Before joining Bloomberg, Noel was chief investment officer for Concannon Wealth Management, an adviser for high net worth clients. Before that, he held a variety of roles, including senior analyst for credit-related hedge funds at HSBC and Palisade Capital. He began his credit career at Moody's Investors Service, where he covered the technology and media sectors as a senior associate. Noel earned his bachelor’s of arts in mathematics from St. Anselm College and is a CFA charterholder.