Assenagon expands Credit Team in Munich

The independent Asset Manager Assenagon is expanding its portfolio management in the credit segment. On 1 December 2024, Peter Lechner joined as Director and Senior Fund Manager as part of the Munich based team under Robert Van Kleeck, Head of Credit Portfolio Management at Assenagon. Under Van Kleeck's leadership, the four-person Credit Team manages the two mutual funds Assenagon Credit Selection ESG and Assenagon Credit SubDebt and CoCo as well as various special funds with a total volume of EUR 1.5 billion.

Peter Lechner has over 15 years of experience in fixed income portfolio management. He joins from DJE Kapital, where he most recently worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager specialising in fixed income and multi-asset and as Head of the Bond Team for institutional investors. Previously, Lechner was a specialist in interest rate management at MAGRAL and a Senior Trader in Market Making Bonds and Treasury at Baader Bank. He holds a B.A. in International Management and is a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA).

‘We are very pleased to welcome Peter Lechner, a proven fixed income expert, to our Credit Team. Thanks to his many years of experience in fund management, Peter is the ideal person to further expand our capacities in Credit Portfolio Management and drive forward our strategic goals,' comments Robert Van Kleeck on the new recruitment.

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Munich, 4. December 2024