Portfolio Manager, Co-head, Fixed Income, Picton Mahoney Asset Management
Philip Mesman is a Portfolio Manager and co-head of Picton Mahoney’s Fixed Income Strategies. As a recognized expert on bonds, he is frequently invited to comment on trends and developments in the bond market with an eye to investor implications. Phil is one of the firm’s key media spokespeople, offering perspectives on monetary policy and regulatory developments, government and corporate bond market trends, and other fixed income matters. Phil also contributes to the firm’s macro and cross-asset discussion.
With a mandate to build out the Fixed Income business, Phil joined Picton Mahoney Asset Management in 2009, bringing his broad-ranging experience across all facets of income investing. Prior to joining the firm, he served as managing director and portfolio manager at HIM Monegy Inc., a subsidiary of Harris Investments Management Inc. He previously worked as a credit analyst at Greywolf Capital Inc., and a proprietary analyst and trader at Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. Phil began his investment industry career in commercial lending at Bank of Nova Scotia in 1994. Phil graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in economics and is a CFA charterholder.