Amanda Lynam
Head of Macro Credit Research at BlackRock
Panelist

Profile

Amanda Lynam, CPA, is Head of Macro Credit Research within the Portfolio Management Group. In this capacity, Amanda leads a team that generates differentiated investment strategy research across global fixed income, liquid corporate credit (IG, HY, leveraged loans) and alternative asset (private credit, real estate) markets.

The team’s content ranges from weekly and quarterly updates to bespoke deep dive pieces and helps investors (institutional and retail) make informed decisions on asset allocation and relative value. Their work also aims to educate a wide range of market participants on the structural shifts impacting the global debt financing markets, including the growth of private credit.

Amanda is a member of BlackRock’s Private Debt Executive Committee, as well as the Women in Investments Executive Committee.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Amanda spent 16 years at Goldman Sachs, largely in two sell-side, publishing research seats spanning both macro and micro investing.

More recently in her tenure at Goldman Sachs, Amanda was a Managing Director and Senior Global Macro Credit Strategist within the Global Investment Research division. In this capacity, Amanda was responsible for publishing investment research on the USD and EUR corporate credit markets (IG, HY, leveraged loans and private debt).

Earlier in her career at Goldman Sachs, Amanda spent several years covering the Healthcare and Insurance sectors as the lead fixed income research analyst. She also spent time in the Global Markets division as a senior fixed income salesperson to institutional clients.

Amanda served as a voting member of the Goldman Sachs High Yield Investment Review Committee from 2019 to 2022 and was also the co-head of the Goldman Sachs Women's Network for the Research division from 2018 to 2022.

Amanda began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Audit practice and is a Certified Public Accountant. She earned a dual degree in Accounting and Economics from Villanova University in 2004.