In today's episode, Ryan Zauk sits down with Erin (Welter) Lyons, W'01, Head of US Investment Grade Credit at CreditSights.

Creditsights is one of the top credit research firms in the world serving the world’s top institutions, family offices, and more while producing over 300 research reports a month.

Erin and Ryan discuss:

- Her journey from Wharton, to Wall Street's top institutions, to landing at CreditSights

- What she saw during the COVID crisis, especially March 15 - April 15, how her team tackled the problem, and how the outcomes really surprised her

- The incredible power (and transparency) of the Fed's "Bazooka" COVID response, and how it saved the markets

- The massive search for yield occurring in the fixed income market

- Her approach to analyzing credit products

- Her outlook on the coming year for markets, including potential implications of a Biden administration

- The reasons they were just bought by Fitch and their own investment in Singapore Fintech "Alphastream"

- "Throwing Toast" at Penn

and more!

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