Scott Minerd

Managing Partner, Global CIO, Chairman of Guggenheim Investments

Guggenheim Partners

Santa Monica, CA, USA

Biography

Scott Minerd is Founding Managing Partner, Global Chief Investment Officer & Chairman of Guggenheim Partners and a member of its Executive Committee. In his role as Chairman and Global CIO, he guides the firm’s investment strategies and leads research on global macroeconomics.

Scott is a highly regarded and trusted voice in the financial world. His expertise is sought after in a range of financial matters, notably during times of significant financial developments affecting both micro and macroeconomic issues. He is a regular guest and contributor to leading financial media outlets, including WSJ, FT, Bloomberg and CNBC where he shares insights on today’s financial climate.

Before founding Guggenheim, Scott was a Managing Director with Credit Suisse First Boston. In this role, he oversaw trading and risk management for the Fixed Income Credit Trading Group and was responsible for trading business units, including corporate bonds, sovereign debt and derivatives securities. Prior, he was Morgan Stanley’s London-based European Capital Markets Products Trading & Risk Manager responsible for a range of products, including Eurobonds, domestic European Bonds and money market products in 12 European currencies and Asian markets.

Scott is on the Board of RFK Human Rights and was appointed to the newly formed Global Pandemic Policy Panel at the IMF. He is also a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of NY’s Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets, advising the NY Fed President about financial market developments, risks facing the financial system, and actions to help mitigate these risks.

He holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and has completed graduate work at his alma mater and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Scott Minerd’s Newsfeed

Guggenheim Investments

China Matters More Than Ever

"Among the many significant developments in the world that investors should be considering as part of their long-term thinking, one of the issues that concerns me the most is China." The first sentence of Scott MInerd's Global CIO Outlook report is significant as it comes at a time where US-China relations seem to have fallen to where it was in the 1950s. Citing China as a true and lasting global economic power, Minerd stresses the need for cooperation between the US and China and discusses the effects current policies could have in the future.

Business Wire

Milken Institute Hosts Summer Series Examining Life and Business Amid COVID-19

Scott Minerd, Chairman of Investments and Global Chief Investment Officer at Guggenheim Partners, was a featured speaker at the Milken Institute Summer Series. The event brought together nearly 1,200 leaders in finance, public health, philanthropy, and policy to examine what life and business looks like amid COVID-19. Sessions covered the race to a COVID-19 vaccine, examined capital markets at a time of global disruption, and offered recommendations for how companies can amplify Black voices.

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Scott Minerd’s Background

Guggenheim Partners

Managing Partner, Global CIO, Chairman of Guggenheim Investments

New York, NY, USA

Guggenheim Partners is a global investment & advisory firm with more than $265 billion in assets under management. Scott guides the firm’s investment strategies and oversees client accounts across a broad range of fixed-income and equity securities.

Credit Suisse First Boston

Managing Director

New York, NY, USA

Scott was in charge of trading and risk management for the Fixed Income Credit Trading Group. He was responsible for the corporate bond, preferred stock, money markets, U.S. government agency and sovereign debt, derivatives securities, structured debt and interest rate swaps trading business units.

Morgan Stanley

European Capital Markets Products Trading and Risk Manager

London, UK

Scott was responsible for Eurobonds, Euro-MTNs, domestic European Bonds, FRNs, derivative securities and money market products in 12 European currencies and Asian markets.

Merrill Lynch

Capital Markets

New York, NY, USA

Merrill Lynch is one of the world's premier providers of wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment.

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Certified Public Accountant

New York, NY, USA

PwC is a multinational professional services network with headquarters in London. It is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and is one of the Big Four auditors.

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Current Board Positions

International Monetary Fund

Global Pandemic Policy Panel

Apr 2020 - Present

Washington, DC, USA

The Global Pandemic Policy Panel was created to provide input on policy challenges, including the Coronavirus pandemic and its massive economic impact.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Member, Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets

New York, NY, USA

Scott helps advise the NY Fed President and senior management at the bank about the current financial markets and ways the public and private sectors can better understand and mitigate systematic risks.

Previous Board Positions

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Advisor

New York, NY, USA

Scott advised the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on research and analysis of private sector infrastructure investment,

Philanthropy

RFK / Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Board Member

New York, NY, USA

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, founded in 1968, is led by human rights activist and lawyer Kerry Kennedy and advocates for a more just and peaceful world. Working alongside local activists to ensure lasting positive change in governments and corporations, the RFK team includes leading attorneys, advocates, entrepreneurs and writers united by a commitment to social justice.

Stanford University

Overseer, Hoover Institution

Stanford, CA, USA

The Hoover Institution seeks to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity, while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind.

Media

Fireside Chat with Scott Minerd and Mike Milken

Goal 17 Partners Web Event

May 2020

New York, NY, USA

Scott Minerd, Global CIO & Chairman of Guggenheim Investments at Guggenheim Partners, and Mike Milken, Chairman of the Milken Institute, discuss the government and private-sector response to Covid-19 at a Goal 17 Partners web event.

Bloomberg Markets: European Close

Interview

Apr 2020

New York, NY, USA

"Minerd Sees a ‘Long Haul’ to Get Unemployment Back Where It Was" Scott Minerd, Chief Investment Officer at Guggenheim Partners, discusses the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Publications

China Matters More Than Ever: Cooperation and understanding between China and United States is vital as global economic and environmental challenges mount.

Writer

Jul 2020

In his Global CIO Outlook report, Scott Minerd discusses China's role as an economic superpower and the reasons why the US-China relationship needs to remain cooperative. Minerd says, "I believe the growth and engagement of China has been net positive for the U.S. and the world from an economic perspective."

Guggenheim Partners

Global CIO Outlook

New York, NY, USA

Guggenheim Global Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd offers insights on macroeconomic trends and the potential impacts on global investment opportunities.

Memberships

World Economic Forum

Member

Davos, CH

The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, committed to improving the state of the world.

Scott Minerd’s Education

University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

BS Economics