MainFirst - Emerging Markets Credit Opps A2 EUR C

Cornel Bruhin has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry having started out on the fixed income sales team at CSFB. After 20 years at CSFB he joined Clariden Leu (formely Bank Hoffman) where he is currently a portfolio manager running emerging market bond strategies.

Dorothea Fröhlich joined MainFirst AM in August 2012 as a portfolio manager for emerging markets. She joined from Clariden Leu where she was co-manager for some emerging market bond funds. Prior to this Dorothea worked for IFC Metropo in Moscow as an analyst and in sales. Her career began in 2005 at UBS in Zurich. She holds a Msc in Economics and Finance from the University of Geneva. Dorothea spent some time studying in Russia and one semester in Beijing. She is CFA charterholder.

Thomas Rutz has been a portfolio manager at MainFirst Asset Management since September 2012. Previously, Thomas was head of the emerging markets department at Clariden Leu. He joined Clariden Leu in 2003 and became responsible for economic research in 2006. Prior to that, he spent six years at ABB Capital B.V. in Zurich and Singapore as deputy chief trader and two years as chief dealer capital markets at the Bank of Bermuda. Between 1985 and 1994, Rutz held various proprietary trading related positions in bonds, rates, derivatives and currencies at UBS in Zurich, London, New York, Chicago and Hong Kong. Rutz started his career with the Graduates Training Program at UBS.Thomas holds an MBA in Financial Services & Insurance (MBA-FSI) from the University of St. Gallen and Vlerick Business School. Outside work he enjoys rowing, mountain biking, skiing and cultivating his Japanese garden.