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Erik Ashe, CFA

Senior Trader, Derivatives

Erik Ashe is a Treasurer, Office of the CFO in the Investment Division at Russell Investments. Erik’s primary responsibilities are to manage and trade fixed income portfolios. He is responsible for liquidity management, asset selection, portfolio positioning and trade execution. He collaborates with teams across the organization including operations, compliance, credit and relationship management.

Prior to joining the firm’s proprietary strategies team in 2023, Erik served as a senior trader on the derivatives trading team. This team is responsible for trade execution across a wide range of derivative products in all asset classes: equity, fixed income and commodities. In addition to daily trading and portfolio management activities, Erik was responsible for researching and implementing appropriate trading strategies for the firm’s funds and clients.

Previous to Russell Investments, Erik spent approximately 10 years in the banking industry, and he has experience in fixed income analysis, portfolio management, and asset/liability management. As a portfolio manager, Erik was responsible for managing a portfolio of derivatives to mitigate interest rate risk for multiple portions of the bank’s balance sheet. Additionally, he oversaw a fixed income bond portfolio and was responsible for strategy development, trade execution, and attribution reporting versus customized benchmarks.

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