Ed Witham

Senior Portfolio Manager at Maryland State Retirement & Pension System

Speaker

Senior Portfolio Manager at Maryland State Retirement Agency with 30+ years of experience in fixed income, currency, derivative, and securities finance markets. Manage system's securities lending program, including internal management of securities lending cash collateral in enhanced cash program I created and manage. Also focused on plan level balance sheet and collateral management. Analyze and trade sectors including agency and non-agency RMBS, ABS, CMBS, CRT, CLOs, and derivatives.

Evaluate and oversee private credit managers, with a focus on asset-based finance, as part of the FICC investment committee for externally managed strategies. Reviewed IC packages and voted on every hiring and firing of external managers in public and private markets including private credit, private equity, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure, and venture capital since joining MSRPS.