Steve Kuhn (executive)
| Steve Kuhn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1969 Fridley, Minnesota |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Steve Kuhn (born 1969) is an American financial executive with over 20 years of experience. He previously worked at Pine River Capital Management LP as Partner and Co-CIO.[1] Kuhn has previously held positions at Cargill, Citadel LLC and Goldman Sachs.[2]
Early Life and Education
Steve Kuhn matriculated at Harvard and studied game theory, statistics, and microeconomics, earning his bachelor's degree in economics with honors in 1991.[3]
Career
After completing his degree in 1991, Steve Kuhn accepted a position with Cargill as a mortgage-backed securities trader.[4] He later joined Citadel Investment Group as a trader of Japanese convertible bonds. After leaving Citadel, he transitioned to Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he became a vice president and portfolio manager.[5][6]
In 2008, Steve Kuhn joined Pine River Capital Management as the head of Fixed Income Trading.[7][8] Steve Kuhn received full partner status at Pine River in 2009.[1] Kuhn has found success in dealing subprime mortgage-backed securities.[7]
Under Kuhn’s leadership, in 2009 the Pine River Fixed Income fund achieved a return of 93%.[9][10] The Pine River Fixed Income Fund was ranked second in Bloomberg’s 100 top performing hedge funds in 2013.[11]
References
- 1 2 "Pine River Capital Management". Pine River Capital Management. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ↑ Herbst-Bayliss, Svea (April 5, 2016). "Pine River fixed income manager leaving hedge fund". Reuters. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ↑ Bruce Upbin (January 23, 2013). "One Hedge Fund Ace's Essential Investor Reading List". Forbes.
- ↑ "Forbes Profile Steven Kuhn". Forbes. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ↑ Daniel Fisher (March 27, 2013). "Sublime Subprime". Forbes.
- ↑ "The Billion Dollar Interview". Eureka Hedge. March 2011.
- 1 2 Maureen Farrell (January 4, 2013). "Hedge funds win big with subprime mortgages". CNNMoney.
- ↑ William L. Watts (May 8, 2013). "Nikkei, S&P 500 still look good to Fortress's Novogratz as SALT conference gets under way". Market Watch.
- ↑ Irwin Speizer (Spring 2013). "More than Mortgages?". Institutional Investor.
- ↑ "Kuhn: Golden Age of the Relative Value Hedge Fund". Bloomberg Businessweek. December 3, 2013.
- ↑ "The 20 Top-Performing Large Hedge Funds". Bloomberg Businessweek. January 17, 2013.