SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, Inc. ("GPAM") and Guggenheim Partners, LLC ("Guggenheim") announced today the hiring of Anne Bookwalter Walsh as Managing Director. She will report to B. Scott Minerd, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, and Managing Partner of Guggenheim Partners, LLC.
Ms. Bookwalter Walsh's extensive experience in investment management for insurers brings to Guggenheim additional capacity to provide customized, innovative fixed-income strategies to its growing client base, particularly within the insurance and pension arenas. With more than 20 years in the investment management industry, including roles as a money manager and as a selector of money managers for insurers, Ms. Bookwalter Walsh is well suited to understand both the industry's investment needs and how to address them. In her most recent role, Ms. Bookwalter Walsh served as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated , a recognized leader in the global life reinsurance industry with approximately $2 trillion of life reinsurance in force and assets of more than $19 billion. While there, she worked closely with Guggenheim, which manages approximately $3 billion of fixed-income assets reinsured by RGA. In total, Guggenheim's advisory affiliates combined manage more than $23 billion of assets for insurance companies.
"I have enjoyed working with Anne as a client, and look forward even more so to working with her as a colleague," said Mr. Minerd. "Her expertise and professionalism will be of enormous value to Guggenheim and its clients as we continue to expand our product offerings while maintaining the level of specialized attention we give our customers." Ms. Bookwalter Walsh stated, "I am delighted to be joining a team of individuals whose capabilities I know firsthand. I look forward to helping Guggenheim provide exceptional value to its clients."
Prior to joining RGA in 2000, Ms. Bookwalter Walsh served as Vice President and Senior Investment Consultant for Zurich Scudder Investments. Earlier, she held roles at Lincoln Investment Management and American Bankers Insurance Group. Ms. Bookwalter Walsh received her B.S.B.A. and M.B.A. from Auburn University and her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Fellow of the Life Management Institute, and a member of the CFA Institute.
Guggenheim Partners, LLC is a global diversified financial services firm with wealth management, capital markets, investment management and proprietary investing businesses. Guggenheim Partners clients are an elite mix of individuals, family offices, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, pension plans, and other institutions that together have entrusted the firm with supervision of more than $125 billion in assets. Through its subsidiaries, including Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the firm manages more than $34 billion in core fixed-income and core fixed-income plus assets, including mezzanine debt and bank loans. Office locations include New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Houston, London, Hong Kong and Geneva. Additional information can be found at: http://www.guggenheimpartners.com/ .
