Marc Aylett
Portfolio Manager - High Yield at Advent Capital Management /de/
About
Marc Aylett is a Portfolio Manager at Advent Capital Management, LLC in New York, overseeing an institutional long-only high yield portfolio. His responsibilities include security selection, risk management, and ensuring adherence to investment guidelines within the high yield credit space. At Advent, Aylett specializes in high yield fixed income, focusing primarily on evaluating corporate credit risk and refinancing trends across a broad range of industries.
Aylett brings over two decades of experience in high yield credit analysis and portfolio management. Prior to joining Advent in 2015, he was Principal and Senior Credit Research Analyst at Pomelo Capital and served as Director/Senior Analyst at Barclays Capital, with earlier experience at Lehman Brothers covering both research and investment banking functions in sectors such as autos and leveraged finance.
He holds an MBA in Finance & Accounting from NYU Stern School of Business and a BA in Economics from Union College. Aylett is recognized for his market insights, notably contributing perspectives on high yield refinancing and credit markets in prominent outlets like Bloomberg, underscoring his expertise in the high yield bond segment.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advent Capital Management, LLC | Portfolio Manager - High Yield | Jan 2015 to Present | • Manage all aspects of an institutional long-only high yield portfolio. Responsibilities include security selection and weighting, sector, quality, and duration positioning, security screening, funda... |
| Pomelo Capital LLC | Principal - Senior Credit Research Analyst | Jan 2012 to Dec 2014 | • Responsible for generating and analyzing investment ideas and strategies across multiple sectors and products including bonds, loans, CDS, recovery locks, equities and equity derivatives, with a pri... |
| Barclays Capital | Director and Senior Analyst - Capital Structure Arbitrage Group | Jun 2007 to Jan 2012 | • Responsible for generating and analyzing investment ideas and strategies across multiple sectors and products including bonds, loans, CDS, recovery locks, equities and equity derivatives, with a pri... |
| Lehman Brothers | Vice President - High Yield Credit Research | Jun 2003 to Jun 2007 | • Provided comprehensive research analysis of the high yield auto and auto supplier industries to the fixed income community. Interacted regularly with company management, traders and buy-side analys... |
| Lehman Brothers | Associate - Investment Banking | Jan 2000 to Jan 2003 | — |
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
Union College
Others at Advent Capital Management /de/ (16)
| Name | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|
A Alistair duPont | Equity Analyst, Investor | New York, NY , United States |
 | Vice President, Product Specialist | New York, NY , United States |
D Daniel Partlow | Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer | Westport, CT , United States |
D David Endler | Managing Director | New York, NY , United States |
D David Hulme | Managing Director | New York, NY , United States |
M Matthew Vazquez | Vice President | New York, NY , United States |
O Odell Lambroza | Senior Portfolio Manager | New York, NY , United States |
O Oren Iunger | Research Analyst | New York, NY , United States |
 | Managing Director | Wyckoff, NJ , United States |
 | Portfolio Manager | New York, NY , United States |