Brian Taylor (financial services executive)

Brian Taylor
Born 1964
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Alma mater Millikin University BS
University of Chicago MBA
Occupation Founder & CEO
Employer Pine River Capital Management

Brian Taylor (born 1964) is an American financial executive. He is the Founder and CEO of Pine River Capital Management LP.[1] Taylor has previously held positions at EBF & Associates.[2]

Early Life and Education

Brian Taylor received a BS in Accounting summa cum laude from Millikin University in 1986.[3] He then completed his MBA with a concentration in Finance and a specialization in Statistics from the University of Chicago in 1988.[4]

Career

Taylor’s career began at EBF & Associates in 1988 where he was a trader before being named head of the convertible arbitrage group in 1994, and Partner in 1997.[2] During his time at EBF, Taylor worked with Aaron Yeary and others, who later joined him at Pine River.[5] In 2002, Taylor left the company to start his global relative value hedge fund, Pine River Capital Management with a $5.3 million initial investment.[6][7][8] The firm has grown to over $15 billion in assets under management and employs 450 people globally, with nine offices.[9][10][11] Taylor has helped to build a Pine River presence in mainland China that focuses on deep-dive research on China’s on-shore markets.[12] Under Taylor’s guidance, the firm was recognized by Institutional Investor as Relative Value Hedge Fund Manager of the Year in 2012 and 2013.[13] [14] He is currently CEO of Pine River and Chairman of Two Harbors Investment Corporation.[15] Taylor also serves on the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Board of Trustees.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Executive Profile Brian Curtis Taylor". Bloomberg Businessweek. November 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Brian Taylor". Forbes. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Brian Taylor". CNBC. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Brian Taylor Bio, Returns, Net Worth". Insider Monkey. June 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Brian Taylor, the long-time head of EBF & Associates' convertible arbitrage strategy, has abruptly left the firm". Institutional Investor's Alpha. February 14, 2002.
  6. ↑ Karen Hube (December 24, 2011). "Cleaning Up In Mortgages". Barron's (newspaper).
  7. ↑ "Pine River CEO Uses Davos as a Learning Experience". Bloomberg TV. January 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ Svea Herbst-Bayliss (March 5, 2010). "Pine River housing bets started in cabin". Reuters.
  9. ↑ Stephen Foley (June 12, 2014). "Pine River joins hedge fund closing to new money". Financial Times.
  10. ↑ Rob Copeland (June 13, 2014). "Pine River Capital Returns Outside Money in Mortgage Fund". The Wall Street Journal.
  11. ↑ Irwin Speizer (June 4, 2013). "Can Mortgage Mavens Pine River Find Success in Other Markets?". Institutional Investor's Alpha.
  12. ↑ Bei Hu (November 27, 2013). "Goldman Sachs to GLG Open Asia Hedge Funds as Big Is Chic". Bloomberg News.
  13. ↑ "Institutional Investor magazine's 10th Anniversary Hedge Fund Industry Awards". Institutional Investor (magazine). June 21, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Institutional Investor’s 2013 Hedge Fund Award Winners Announced". Institutional Investor (magazine). June 28, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Brian C. Taylor Chairman of the Board of Directors". Two Harbors Investment Corp. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  16. ↑ "ABOUT / BOARD OF TRUSTEES". Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 2014.