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Black and white portrait of Jamie Patton Jamie L. Patton Managing Director Co-Head of Global Rates

Ms. Patton is a Specialist Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income group and is Co-Head of Global Rates. She is responsible for the portfolio management of U.S. Treasuries, global sovereign bonds, TIPS, agencies, money market instruments, commodity strategies, and derivatives. In conjunction with the generalist portfolio managers, she implements decisions on duration and yield curve across our products. Ms. Patton joined TCW in 2022 from Wells Fargo where she ran the enterprise’s Derivative Trading and Hedging Strategy team. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2017, Ms. Patton spent 13 years on the sell side at Lehman/Barclays where she focused on interest rate and foreign exchange products. She sits on the board of the Police Activities League, a non-profit organization with the goal of empowering and enabling economically disadvantaged students to capitalize on opportunities for advancement. Ms. Patton holds a BS in Computer Science from Princeton University and is a licensed private pilot.

Black and white portrait of Bret Barker Bret R. Barker Managing Director Co-Head of Global Rates

Mr. Barker is a Specialist Portfolio Manager – Treasuries in the Fixed Income Group and is Co-Head of Global Rates. He is responsible for the portfolio management of Treasuries, TIPS, agencies, money market instruments, commodity strategies, and derivatives. In conjunction with the Generalist Portfolio Managers, he implements decisions on duration and yield curve positioning across all MetWest and several TCW products. Prior to joining MetWest in 1997, he worked at Coast Asset Management in their futures and options department. Mr. Barker earned a BBA in Business with a minor in classical studies from Loyola Marymount University.

Black and white portrait of Patrick Moore Patrick Moore Group Managing Director Head of Global Fixed Income Client Franchise

Mr. Moore is Head of Global Fixed Income Client Franchise and works with the fixed income portfolio management team to communicate investment strategies, performance, and market outlook to clients. Prior to joining TCW he was a partner at MetWest and was responsible for building out the firm’s comprehensive client service and reporting capabilities after joining the team in 2000. His investment experience began in 1987 where he worked at Wilshire Associates as an asset-liability analyst. Subsequent to that, he was a Senior Investment Consultant with Bankers Trust Company (Deutsche Bank), providing strategy planning and implementation services to ERISA, public fund, and endowment and foundation clients. Mr. Moore is an Interested Trustee on the MetWest Fund Board of Directors and holds a BS in Mathematics and an MBA in Finance from the University of California, Irvine. He is a member of the CFA Institute and holds the Series 7, 24, and 63 FINRA licenses.

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Treasury Yields Strike Back

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 Jamie L. Patton |  Bret R. Barker |  Patrick Moore
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The bond market's early optimism for rate cuts during the first half of the year has given way to volatile trading and climbing yields. Host Patrick Moore is joined by Co-Heads of Global Rates Jamie Patton and Bret Barker to examine how the U.S. Treasury has become a key player in the fiscal battle to revive the economy.

 

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