DAN IVASCYN
CIO
PIMCO
WHY: Oversees 250+ portfolio managers handling $2.1T of assets under management, far and away OC’s largest investment firm. Won 2017 Business Journal Businessperson of the Year in finance, along with CEO Manny Roman. Morningstar named him Fixed-Income Fund Manager of the Year (U.S.) for 2013, and he was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame in 2019.
IN THE NEWS: Pimco in August announced as “official investment management partner” of Boston Celtics. Ivascyn is a huge fan of Boston sports teams, having grown up in the East
Coast city.
NOTABLE: Celebrating the 27th anniversary of working at Pimco this year
QUOTABLE: “We certainly got a flavor of Trump’s priorities during his first term. We also got a flavor of the style and how Trump approaches various issues, including negotiations. With that said I think it’s safe to say that the markets and us to a degree were surprised by some of the administration’s approaches thus far. Liberation day tariffs, of course being higher and using a calculation that surprised the markets even some of the foreign policy initiatives around Greenland, Canada. Just the style, and I think that’s important in an environment like this one is to try not to get whipped around by the noise. Try to understand that we’re in a different paradigm.”
