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Mr. Murata is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, managing income-oriented, multi-sector credit, opportunistic and securitized strategies. Morningstar named him Fixed-Income Fund Manager of the Year (U.S.) for 2013. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2001, he researched and implemented exotic equity and interest rate derivatives at Nikko Financial Technologies. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering-economic systems and operations research from Stanford University. He also earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and is a member of the State Bar of California. |
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Executive Vice President, PIMCO. Mr. Watford is a portfolio manager focusing on high yield. He is also a research analyst focused on the European automotive and real estate sectors. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2007, Mr. Watford was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley. He has investment experience since 2002 and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Oxford. |