Ms. Van Hees discusses, “2005 Fixed Income Review” including a discussion of:
– Fed tightening, effects on yield curve
– Volatility: Dead or alive?
– Fixed Income Returns
– Bonds, Bernanke and baseball: boom time or boredom?

Ms. Melissa Van Hees, CFA is the Director of Risk Management at BRI Partners LLC. Ms. Van Hees is responsible for ongoing risk monitoring on existing managers, including developing quantitative models and applications to identify and manage the primary risks in start-up hedge fund portfolios. She also assists in prospective manager evaluations, reviewing new products and non-standard trades, and ongoing due diligence.