FNW Threadneedle High Yield Bond Life Fund

Fund manager biography

David Backhouse is a portfolio manager in the dedicated High Yield Bond team. He joined the company in 2003 as an investment analyst, specialising in non-investment grade credits. Before joining the company, David worked for Gartmore as a credit analyst. He has also worked for UBK Asset Management as a senior Telecommunications analyst and Ernst & Young as an auditor. He holds a BEng (Hons) degree in electrical and electronic engineering from UMIST and is a qualified chartered accountant. David is a member the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Fund manager biography

Roman Gaiser is the Head of Fixed Income and High Yield, EMEA. He manages the Threadneedle High Yield Bond, European High Yield Bond and European Short Term High Yield Bond funds as well as a number of other funds and institutional mandates. He is also co-manager of the Threadneedle Credit Opportunities Fund. Based in London, Roman has 22 years experience of European Corporate Credit and 20 years experience in running European High Yield portfolios. Roman worked at the company before as a High Yield portfolio manager between 2005 and 2011 re-joining the company in 2018. Since 2011 he was Head of High Yield at Pictet Asset Management where he was in charge of its European High Yield and European Short-Term High Yield bond strategies. Previously he has worked at F&C in London. Roman holds a post-graduate degree from Dauphine University of Paris, a Diploma in Economics from the University of Hamburg (HWP) and a diploma in business management from EDC, Paris. He also has a CeFA.