CHRIS MCGUIRE previously founded Phalanx, a multi-strategy firm focused on the Japanese market. Phalanx had a successful track record generating returns of north of 21% per annum over 15 years before shutting down due to a decline in Japanese convertible bond issuance. Prior to Phalanx, Chris managed the Japanese multi-strategy portfolio for Daiwa Securities America, the Japanese and Asian relative value trading book for the Spear, Leeds & Kellogg division of Goldman Sachs, and the Japanese convertible bond portfolio for Marin Capital Partners.

Chris graduated from Marquette University with B.A. in 1991. He began his career trading commodity options for his own account on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1991. Chris managed convertible bond and derivative sales to hedge funds for Merrill Lynch and SBC Warburg’s Tokyo convertible bond desk before moving to the portfolio management side of the business.

Chris is a regular financial contributor to television programs on Bloomberg, CNN, and Japanese news on NHK News Japan and TV Tokyo. He has been quoted and profiled in a number of industry publications, including Asian Investor, Bloomberg News, AsiaHedge, and Hedgeweek.