Bao Vo (Past Speaker)

Bao is a senior trader for Nuveen’s global fixed income team, joining the firm in 2014. He is responsible for managing the organization’s Emerging Markets and International fixed-income best execution initiatives, which includes trading corporates, sovereigns, interest rates and currency markets in both the primary and secondary markets. Bao trades the emerging markets fixed income exposure for multiple strategies with aggregate assets of over $13B, which include the TIAA-CREF Emerging Market Debt Strategy, the Nuveen Emerging Markets Debt 2022 Target Term Strategy, TIAA’s multi-sector total return strategies, and the Emerging Market Corporate and Sovereign exposure for TIAA’s General Account. He and his team are also responsible for trading the international developed market sovereign and agency portfolios for the firm, including the TIAA-CREF International Bond Strategy which was launched in 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Bao was a senior trader for emerging markets and global debt portfolios at Loomis, Sayles & Company for over seven years.

Bao graduated with a B.A. in Corporate Finance and Accounting from Bentley University.