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Instructor

Michael Bruno

Practical Experience:


Mike Bruno is Director, Fixed Income Research for the FTSE Group.

Mike joined FTSE in 2007 as their Business Unit Head for Fixed Income. In 2009 he became Head of Strategy for Fixed Income and Alternatives, before accepting his current position in 2010.

As Director, Fixed Income Research for FTSE, his responsibilities include the expansion of FTSE’s fixed income index system, as well as overseeing interest rate derivatives, currencies and credit.

Prior to joining FTSE, Mike was a Fixed Income Product Manager and Vice President of Institutional Fixed Income at Reuters America. He has been involved in the analysis of fixed income securities since 1989 and has worked for Morgan Stanley, Dillon Read, EJV Partners L.P. and Bridge Information Systems.

Mike is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Financial Management at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, where he has taught Fixed Income Portfolio Management since 2000. He has authored several chapters in Investing in Fixed Income Securities – Understanding the Bond Market (John Wiley & Sons, March 2005) and been quoted in magazine articles written about FTSE products.

Areas of Expertise:


Fixed Income Securities
Yield Curve Theory
Fixed Income Portfolio Management

Education:


BARUCH COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, M.B.A. Finance and Investments
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK at STONY BROOK, B.A. Economics
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Publication(s):


Authored four chapters in Investing In Fixed Income Securities – Understanding the Bond Market (John Wiley & Sons, March 2005; ISBN 0-471-46512-7). Also, wrote an article on a review of the U.S. Corporate Bond Market in 2006 for the Reuters LPC Annual (published March 2007.
Wrote an article on a review of the U.S. Corporate Bond Market in 2006 for the Reuters LPC Annual (published March 2007.)