Keith Allman has returned to Loomis Sayles & Company as head of research and private credit for its mortgage and structured finance (MSF) team.
Allman rejoined the firm on December 6 in a newly established position, designed to enable dedicated focus on esoteric asset-backed securities and asset-based private credit – to meet increasing investor demand – and strengthen the MSF team’s research function, according to a statement from Loomis Sayles.
He was head of non-flow asset-backed securities at MUFG, previously, where he led the development of multiple esoteric structured products. They included the post-pandemic aircraft lessor enhanced equipment trust certificate, Loomis Sayles said. Allman will oversee a team of seven analysts, and lead the effort to originate private credit opportunities alongside Michael Meyer, the securitized strategist for illiquid and real assets.
Allman had also been director in banking and origination at Deutsche Bank, where he covered transportation ABS as well as timeshare, rental fleet and other esoteric ABS.
Allman has written five books on finance, including “Modeling Structured Finance Cash Flows with Microsoft Excel.”
