High Yield offerings will be the focus of AXA IM’s presentation during the X Funds Society Investment Summit in Palm Beach.
During the event, to be held April 11-12 at the PGA National Resort, Carolyn Park, US Credit Analyst, will discuss the virtues of the US Short Duration High Yield and US Dynamic High Yield strategies.
US Short Duration High Yield
The AXA IM US Short Duration High Yield strategy aims to achieve high attractive income and capital growth by investing in US high yield bonds which are expected to mature or be redeemed within three years. The strategy is actively managed without reference to any benchmark in order to capture opportunities in US high yield debt market.
US Dynamic High Yield
The AXA WF US Dynamic High Yield strategy seeks to optimize total returns in US high yield by investing in our highest conviction ideas, seeking additional alpha through credit selection and additional coupon income provided by an overlay of credit default swaps. It is actively managed while referencing the ICE BofA US High Yield Index.
About Carolyn Park, US High Yield Credit Analyst
Park is a US HY Credit Research Analyst at AXA IM, with a focus on the homebuilders, building products, gaming, leisure, and lodging sectors.
Prior to joining AXA IM in 2014, she was a Senior High Yield Research Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she covered the services, telecom and technology sectors.
Park holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles and a M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business.