Guggenheim Investments has more than $66 billion in total corporate credit AUM. With 100+ investment professionals, Guggenheim's Corporate Credit team is one of the largest and most experienced in the industry. The Opportunistic Corporate Credit strategy benefits from our leadership in leveraged finance, deep industry research, and expertise in structuring transactions. The strategy invests across the breadth of opportunities generated by our integrated corporate credit platform.
The strategy launched during the financial crisis. Our deep research capabilities and stable capital base enabled the purchase of attractive securities at stressed and distressed prices. When concerns about European sovereign debt drove market volatility in 2011, our strong research coverage provided us with conviction to continue to purchase and own attractively valued credits. Today, Dodd-Frank/The Volcker Rule and Basel III regulations and updated leveraged lending guidelines are dramatically reshaping the banking landscape.
Guggenheim is one of the few firms with the resources and relationships with management teams, financial sponsors, and capital markets professionals to actively drive deal solutions in the new banking environment, enabling the strategy to capitalize on this structural shift in the capital markets.
Mr. Bloom is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Research for Guggenheim's Corporate Credit Group, and has been with Guggenheim Partners since 2006. He is also a member of the Investment Committee overseeing Guggenheim's corporate credit investing activities and serves as Chairman and CEO of Guggenheim Credit Income Fund. During his career at the firm, Mr. Bloom has been an analyst covering a variety of sectors, and subsequently led an industry team that focused on investing in the Consumer, Financial, Food, Gaming, Industrials, Retail, Services & Transportation sectors. In addition, in his capacity as a senior analyst and as a team leader, Mr. Bloom has sourced and structured directly negotiated middle market debt investments. Prior to joining Guggenheim, Mr. Bloom worked as an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Banking & Institutional Investing groups. Mr. Bloom received his B.S. from University of Florida and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.
Mr. Gundersen is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Guggenheim's Corporate Credit Group. He is a member of the Investment Committee overseeing Guggenheim's corporate credit investing activities, and has been with Guggenheim Partners since 2002. He has over 15 years of experience in the high yield and leverage loan asset class. During his career at the firm, Mr. Gundersen has been an analyst covering a variety of sectors, and subsequently led an industry team that focused on investing across the capital structure in the media, telecommunications and technology sectors. In addition, in his capacity as a senior analyst and as a team leader, Mr. Gundersen has sourced and structured directly negotiated middle market debt investments. Prior to joining Guggenheim, Mr. Gundersen worked at GeoTrust, a technology company focused on eCommerce security solutions. Mr. Gundersen received his A.B. from Harvard University.
Mr. Hauser is a Senior Managing Director and portfolio manager in Guggenheim's Corporate Credit Group, and has been with Guggenheim Partners since 2002. He is also a member of the Investment Committee overseeing Guggenheim's corporate credit investing activities. Prior to his role as a portfolio manager, Mr. Hauser ran a team with Joseph McCurdy covering a variety of sectors including Technology, Media and Telecom, Education, Metals and Mining, Homebuilding, Healthcare, and Energy and Power. He has over 15 years experience in the high yield and leverage loan class. During his career at the firm, Mr. Hauser has been an analyst covering a variety of sectors, including the Energy, Power, Transportation and Chemical sectors. Mr. Hauser received his B.S. in Finance from St. Johns University.
Mr. McKeever is a portfolio manager and research team leader in the Corporate Credit Group focusing on opportunistic investments across the capital structure in all industries. He is a member of the Investment Committee overseeing Guggenheim's corporate credit investing activities, and has been with Guggenheim Partners since 2007. In the course of his career, Mr. McKeever has covered a range of industries including Metals & Mining, Building Products & Homebuilding, Industrials, Education and Oil & Gas. Originally from Shrewsbury, England, Mr. McKeever was schooled at Shrewsbury School before attending college in the U.S. He was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a B.A. in Economics and Classics.
Mr. Warren is a Senior Managing Director and portfolio manager in Guggenheim's Corporate Credit Group. He is also a member of the Investment Committee overseeing Guggenheim's corporate credit investing activities. Mr. Warren joined the firm in 2004 and has been heavily involved in the growth of Guggenheim's Corporate Credit business. Mr. Warren's prior roles at Guggenheim include leading a credit team which invested in syndicated bank loans, high yield bonds and private debt transactions in a variety of industries. Mr. Warren serves as a Director on the Board of Diamond Resorts International. Prior to Guggenheim, Mr. Warren was a senior research analyst at Centre Pacific, LLC, a Los Angeles-based high yield and bank loan portfolio manager where he focused on the food, retail, restaurant and telecommunication industries. Prior to Centre Pacific, Mr. Warren was a Vice President at Bear Stearns in the equity research group covering specialty retail. Mr. Warren received his B.A. in Economics from the College of William & Mary and his MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA.