On Friday, August 28, Michael McGuire and Ray
Auth visited Dr. Krause and assisted in the process of interviewing potential
Class of 2017 AIM candidates, who are headed abroad for the semester. Krause
said, “I appreciate all of the support from our alumni. Both Mike and Ray also
provided some unique and creative ideas about how to keep the AIM program on
the cutting-edge. You’ll learn more about their ideas this semester.”
Mike McGuire is the Research Director and
Principal at Northwest Passage
Capital Advisors, which is a Milwaukee-based active fixed income investment
manager focused on emerging markets debt. They advise institutional clients on
blended USD/local currency emerging market mandates on a separate account
basis, delivering "core-plus" exposure to the EMBI, CEMBI, and GBI-EM
emerging market debt universes on a customized basis. The firms’ principals
have over 50 years of direct investing experience in fixed income and emerging
markets, and bring a focused top-down sovereign credit approach to our investment
process. Founded in 2013, they currently manage more than $500 million in
client assets and more information about the firm can be found at: http://www.nwpcapital.com.
Ray Auth, CFA, Director, Northwestern Mutual, was
a member of the first AIM class (2006). He works in the area of Investment
Strategy and Portfolio Management at Northwestern Mutual Investment Management
Company. He is on a team that sets investment strategy, performs strategic and
tactical asset allocation and aggregate portfolio management for the firm's
general account and related companies. The Northwestern Mutual Company is one
of the largest U.S. financial services mutual organizations – it is based in
Milwaukee. Its products include life
insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, annuities, mutual
funds, and employee benefit services.
