New COO role to help position SLC Fixed Income
for continued growth
WELLESLEY, Mass. and TORONTO, May 2, 2023
/CNW/ - SLC Management, the C$355B (US$262B)
institutional fixed income and alternatives asset manager, is
pleased to announce that Candace
Shaw, Senior Managing Director and Deputy Chief Investment
Officer, SLC Management, has been appointed to Chief Operating
Officer, SLC Fixed Income, effective immediately.
"As SLC Fixed Income continues to evolve, improving our
foundational processes is imperative to the future growth of our
business," said Steve Peacher,
President, SLC Management. "This appointment allows us to
capitalize on Candy's deep knowledge and experience within the
firm, and under her leadership, we will continue to enhance our
fixed income operating model to better serve the needs of our
growing client base."
Ms. Shaw brings over three decades of experience within SLC
Management and the firm's parent-company, Sun Life, in leadership
roles within private and public fixed income, portfolio management,
and credit risk management.
Prior to her appointment in 2020 to Deputy CIO, Ms. Shaw was
Portfolio Manager and Head of Private Fixed Income at SLC
Management. In that role, Ms. Shaw led an extensive team of
professionals who manage one of the largest private fixed income
portfolios in North America. Ms.
Shaw's portfolio of work also includes Chief Credit Risk Officer,
where she played a critical role in the risk management of all
credit assets, including private fixed income investments.
In addition to Ms. Shaw's professional accolades, she has also
been instrumental in helping foster and embed a culture of
diversity and inclusion within SLC Management and more broadly
across the asset management industry. Ms. Shaw currently chairs SLC
Management's Allies Acting for Change (AAFC), an internal
grassroots group that helps drive important DE&I initiatives
firm-wide, as well as serves as Executive Sponsor for InvestHer, an
employee-led network whose objective is to help advance women's
career development within the asset management industry.
Ms. Shaw holds a BA in Mathematics and an Honors BSc in
Chemistry from Queen's University. She obtained her MBA in Finance
from Queen's University in 1987. Ms. Shaw received her Chartered
Financial Analyst designation in 1991 and is a member of the
Association of Investment Management and Research and the Toronto
Society of Financial Analysts.
Ms. Shaw will continue as Deputy CIO in addition to her new
mandate as COO.
About SLC Management
SLC Management is a global institutional asset manager that offers
institutional investors traditional, alternative and
yield-orientated investment solutions across public and private
fixed income markets, as well as global real estate equity and
debt. SLC Management is the brand name for the institutional asset
management business of Sun Life Financial Inc. under which the
entities of Sun Life Capital Management (U.S.) LLC in the
United States, and Sun Life
Capital Management (Canada) Inc.
in Canada operate. These entities are also referred to as
SLC Fixed Income and represent the investment grade public and
private fixed income strategies of SLC Management.
BentallGreenOak, InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed), Crescent
Capital Group (Crescent) and Advisors Asset Management (AAM) are
also part of SLC Management. BentallGreenOak is a leading, global
real estate investment management advisor and a globally recognized
provider of real estate services. InfraRed is an international
investment manager focused on infrastructure, managing equity
capital in multiple private and listed funds, primarily for
institutional investors across the globe. Crescent is a global
alternative credit investment asset manager registered with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser.
Crescent provides private credit financing (including senior,
unitranche and junior debt) to middle-market companies in the U.S.
and Europe and invests in high-yield bonds and broadly
syndicated loans. AAM is a leading independent U.S. retail
distribution firm that provides a range of solutions and products
to financial advisors at wirehouses, registered investment advisors
and independent broker-dealers.
As of December 31, 2022, SLC Management has assets under
management of C$355 billion (US$262 billion) and AAM represents an
additional approximately US$40.5
billion in assets.
For more information, please
visit slcmanagement.com.
Media Relations Contact:
Hannah Stewart
Director, Communications & Media Relations
646-761-6344
hannah.stewart@slcmanagement.com
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