David Hinman, CFA

David Hinman, CFA, is chief investment officer for SW Asset Management. He has over twenty years of experience investing in global credit strategies. Prior to co-founding SW Asset Management LLC, Hinman was global head of Credit at Drake Management in New York where he oversaw $5Bn in credit assets with hedge funds and various fixed-income portfolios. Prior to Drake, Hinman was a portfolio manager at Ares Management, based in Los Angeles, where he managed credit-based portfolios, including the Ares Total Value Fund, an absolute-return, long/short credit hedge fund.  Prior to joining Ares Management, Hinman was a portfolio manager at Pacific Investment Management Company (“PIMCO”) in Newport Beach, California. During his ten-year tenure at PIMCO, Hinman managed a variety of credit-oriented portfolios, including several CDOs and credit-derivative products, as well as several public funds, including the PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund (NYSE: PTY), the Corporate Income Fund (PCN) and the Dublin-registered PIMCO Global Credit Fund. In addition, Hinman held the lead analyst position for several industry sectors. Hinman was formerly a member of the High Yield Syndicate and Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York, and began his professional career as a credit analyst with First Union (now Wells Fargo) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hinman holds an MBA in finance and accounting from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS with high honors in finance from the University of Alabama.  He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.