Ian Kavanagh
Head of Portfolio Monitoring and Fund Control of Mizuho Investment Management (UK) Ltd.
Ian joined in January 2006 from Deutsche Bank where he headed the European CDO and structured funds client service group in their capacity as trustee and portfolio administrator. The group managed in excess of 100 structures including a range of cash arbitrage and synthetic CDOs, total return swap funds and bespoke structured funds. Prior to Deutsche Bank Ian held various fixed-income risk and OTC derivatives collateral management positions at JPMorganChase. Ian is responsible for modelling the funds post-close and all subsequent data integrity, reporting and monitoring; his team ensure all collateral quality, coverage, portfolio profile and reinvestment tests are managed on an actual and hypothetically traded basis. He is also responsible for maximising returns on excess liquidity, executing FX and interest rate hedging and in conjunction with the respective calculation agent, the projection and determination of fund distributions. Ian holds a BA (Honours) degree from the University of Kent.