Steve Kuhn (executive)

Steve Kuhn
Born 1969
Fridley, Minnesota
Alma mater Harvard University

Steve Kuhn (born 1969) is an American financial executive. He previously worked at Pine River Capital Management LP as Partner and Co-CIO.[1] Kuhn has previously held positions at Cargill, Citadel LLC and Goldman Sachs.[2]

Early life and education

Steve Kuhn matriculated at Harvard and studied game theory, statistics, and microeconomics, earning his bachelor's degree in economics with honors in 1991.[3]

Career

After completing his degree in 1991, Steve Kuhn accepted a position with Cargill as a mortgage-backed securities trader.[4] He later joined Citadel Investment Group as a trader of Japanese convertible bonds. After leaving Citadel, he transitioned to Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he became a vice president and portfolio manager.[5][6]

In 2008, Steve Kuhn joined Pine River Capital Management as the head of Fixed Income Trading.[7][8] Steve Kuhn received full partner status at Pine River in 2009.[1] Kuhn has found success in dealing subprime mortgage-backed securities.[7]

Under Kuhn’s leadership, in 2009 the Pine River Fixed Income fund achieved a return of 93%.[9][10] The Pine River Fixed Income Fund was ranked second in Bloomberg’s 100 top performing hedge funds in 2013.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pine River Capital Management". Pine River Capital Management. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Herbst-Bayliss, Svea (April 5, 2016). "Pine River fixed income manager leaving hedge fund". Reuters. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ Bruce Upbin (January 23, 2013). "One Hedge Fund Ace's Essential Investor Reading List". Forbes.
  4. ↑ "Forbes Profile Steven Kuhn". Forbes. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ Daniel Fisher (March 27, 2013). "Sublime Subprime". Forbes.
  6. ↑ "The Billion Dollar Interview". Eureka Hedge. March 2011.
  7. 1 2 Maureen Farrell (January 4, 2013). "Hedge funds win big with subprime mortgages". CNNMoney.
  8. ↑ William L. Watts (May 8, 2013). "Nikkei, S&P 500 still look good to Fortress's Novogratz as SALT conference gets under way". Market Watch.
  9. ↑ Irwin Speizer (Spring 2013). "More than Mortgages?". Institutional Investor.
  10. ↑ "Kuhn: Golden Age of the Relative Value Hedge Fund". Bloomberg Businessweek. December 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ "The 20 Top-Performing Large Hedge Funds". Bloomberg Businessweek. January 17, 2013.
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