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Connor Fitzgerald Profile
Connor Fitzgerald, CFA
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Credit
Boston

Connor is lead portfolio manager for the firm’s Intermediate Credit and Credit Total Return strategies, and is also a portfolio manager for long credit, Core Bond and Core Bond Plus strategies. He is a member of the US Investment Grade Credit Team and Corporate Strategy Group.

Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2015, he was a portfolio manager at BlackRock, where he managed investment-grade allocations within non-traditional bond and multi-sector bond portfolios (2010 - 2015). Prior to that, he held credit trading and credit hedge fund portfolio management roles at BlackRock. Before joining BlackRock, he was with R3 Capital Management (2008 – 2009) and Lehman Brothers (2006 – 2008). Connor received his BA in economics and government studies from Bowdoin College (2006). Additionally, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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USA Total return Credit Wealth Program Fixed income Wealth Volatility Article
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Time for credit selection to shine

Fixed income investors continue to seek answers to an era of volatile rates. Large, static exposures to credit markets no longer cut it. Instead, a nimble and dynamic approach is more likely to create resilient and consistent total return outcomes.

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2025-07-31
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Bond Market Outlook

Our fixed income experts assess how to capitalize on market volatility with a flexible and dynamic approach that leverages diverse high-yielding opportunities and manages risks carefully.

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2025-06-30
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Income Total return Credit Fixed income Active management Client objective Article
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Reframing fixed income portfolios: why bond maths makes the difference

It is easy to understand why fixed income investors tend to focus on yields. But investors who focus too much on yield may run the risk of overpaying for income and underestimating the impact of price volatility.

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Active management Total return Credit Income Fixed income Article
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Looking beyond yield: Rethinking the approach of fixed income investing

Investors face a new regime, challenging traditional assumptions about returns and volatility. With central bank interventions impacting credit markets, it’s time to rethink income allocations. Rather than fixating solely on yield, consider a dynamic approach, presented by Connor Fitzgerald.

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2025-05-31
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Credit Interest rates Asset allocation Fixed income Strategic allocation Top of Mind Article
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Structuring core fixed income: A constructive view on market and macro conditions

Head of Multi-Asset Strategy Adam Berger and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Connor Fitzgerald discuss the interest-rate environment and the fundamental picture in investment-grade credit and high yield.

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2025-05-30
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Meet the Manager: Connor Fitzgerald

What do sailing and credit market investing have in common? For Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Connor Fitzgerald, it's the intense level of focus and precision required to adapt to constantly evolving conditions.

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2027-05-08
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Multi-Sector Credit Fixed income Macro Global Credit Plus Credit Total return Fiscal policy Government bonds Investment grade Fixed income program Americas Article
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Too much focus on Fed, not enough on fiscal

Current US fiscal and monetary policy stances argue for risk taking in fixed income.

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2025-02-07
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Inflation Geopolitical Investment grade Macro USA Multi-asset Fixed income Article
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What if US wealth inequality reverses?

Our experts examine the role of wealth inequality in the US economy and the potential investment implications of a reversal in that dynamic.

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2024-09-30
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Keep your spread and earn on it too? The case for intermediate credit

Amid heightened volatility and an uncertain macro environment, members of our LDI Team see opportunity for corporate plans in the intermediate credit market.

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2024-06-30
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LDI in 2023: Ten questions corporate plan sponsors are asking

Members of our LDI Team address a range of topics that US corporate plans will be thinking about in the coming year, from the investment implications of pension accounting changes to the role of alternatives in a return-seeking portfolio.

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2023-12-31
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