Jon R. Brager

Managing Director/Portfolio Manager at Palmer Square Capital

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Jon is a Portfolio Manager with key responsibilities for the firm's European bank loan and US corporate credit strategies. In his role, Jon manages the firm's European CLO products as well as the firm's Income Plus and Short Duration strategies.

Jon has 22 years of professional experience in the global credit markets spanning analyst, trading and portfolio management roles. Prior to joining Palmer Square, Jon was a Senior Analyst at Hermes Investment Management, a London-based asset manager. At Hermes, Jon's focus was credit research coverage of the auto, basic material, and industrial sectors. Before that, Jon was a portfolio manager for a multi-strategy credit fund at BCM & Partners, LLP, having spent several years before that as a credit analyst at BCM and an associate at Citigroup. Jon started his career as a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control in Dallas.

Jon earned an MBA from London Business School, a Master’s degree in Economics from Southern Methodist University as well as Bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Management Science. He is also a CFA® charterholder.