Peter K Hajjar

Peter (Pete) Hajjar is a Managing Director and Head of the Cash and Structured Credit Research team at State Street Investment Management and is a member of the firm's Senior Leadership Team. He leads a team of credit analysts who provide global research coverage of the investment-grade corporate, asset-backed markets, financial institutions including banks, broker / dealers, finance companies for short-duration / enhanced cash, securities lending reinvestment and traditional cash portfolios. In addition, the team is responsible for supporting the broader State Street Investment Management Fixed Income, Cash and Currency Group with regard to research relating to structured credit investment strategies.

Previously, Pete worked as a senior analyst on State Street Investment Management's cash credit research team and was responsible for the credit analysis for banks / financial institutions, asset-backed securities (ABS) and corporate / industrial unsecured credit. Prior to that he was a member of the structured products group at State Street Global Markets and was responsible for structuring and surveillance of ABS. Pete began his professional career as a financial analyst in the Investment Banking group at Adams, Harkness and Hill, where he was responsible for executing corporate finance transactions including public equity offerings, private placements of equity securities and mergers and acquisitions.

Pete earned a Master of Business Administration from Boston College Carroll School of Management in 2008, and his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Williams College, Mass., in 1999.