Speakers
Dr Zhu, Ning
Global Fixed Income Expert & Visiting Professor
Dr. Zhu Ning is a distinguished expert in global fixed income management with a career spanning several prestigious financial institutions. Since 2019, Dr. Zhu has been a key member of New York Life Insurance's bond investment team, MacKay Shields, where he manages global fixed income products.
Prior to his current role, Dr. Zhu served as a partner and investment director at Phase Capital. His career also includes a significant tenure at Blackstone’s asset company, First Eagle, where he was the fund manager for multi-asset absolute return and tail risk hedging strategies, overseeing a global multi-asset and macro investment platform.
Dr. Zhu’s extensive experience includes leading global credit product strategy at Alliance Bernstein, where he also served as head of research for absolute return strategies. Earlier in his career, he was a senior analyst at Salomon Brothers, responsible for global fixed income product models. His expertise covers cross-credit, exchange rate and currency trading strategies, and asset allocation research.
Dr. Zhu Ning holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University and is currently a visiting professor at Fordham University's Gabriel School of Business and Baruch College, City University of New York, where he teaches quantitative finance and artificial intelligence.
Mr. Oliver Bergmann
Mr. Bergmann is the Chief Investment Officer of Global Pacific Securities US, Inc. (“GPS”) and works closely with the CEO to supervise company activities and develop revenue opportunities.
Before joining GPS, Mr. Bergmann was a Managing Director at Matinicus LLC, OnCor Capital, Mallory Capital, and Snowbridge Advisors, focused on asset gathering and project management. Before this, he was a portfolio manager of large institutional funds of funds, investing over $3 billion in hedge and private equity funds, with First Avenue and Capital Z Investment Partners。