Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Ed is a managing director in the Wealth Investment Solutions (WIS) Group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, serving as head of the Municipal Separately Managed Accounts platform. Along with serving as a senior portfolio manager on the team, he is responsible for portfolio management and trade execution for the business. Ed joined Goldman Sachs in 2014 as a vice president and portfolio manager on the Municipal team in Private Wealth Management, prior to moving to Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 2019. He was named managing director in 2023. Prior to joining the firm, Ed spent 10 years at Western Asset Management, most recently working as a portfolio manager within the company's Municipal Group. During his tenure at Western, he focused on the Separately Managed Account business. Ed began his career in 2002 at Citigroup Asset Management working on the Fixed Income Desk. Ed earned a BA in Economics from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2002 and an MBA from Baruch College in 2008.
The concentration of the retail investor has grown in a market that often struggles with liquidity. How are the various demand components of the market shifting? How will the growth of SMAs and ETFs, as well as the dearth of crossover buyers, affect the public finance industry in 2025? What do investors want and how is the sell-side adapting to provide for it?
The concentration of the retail investor has grown in a market that often struggles with liquidity. How are the various demand components of the market shifting? How will the growth of SMAs and ETFs affect the public finance industry in 2026? How do crossover buyers fit in 2026? What does credit look like in 2026? What do investors want and how is the sell-side adapting to provide for it?