MacKay Shields LLC is an asset management firm based in New York City that specializes in managing investment strategies focused on generating income while also offering capital growth options through mutual funds and hedge funds. The firm, established in 1938, follows an approach to investing that is best suited to investors looking for attractive returns with minimum amounts of risk. The firm’s professionals strive to preserve capital for clients with the highest rates of return possible within parameters of controlled risk. MacKay Shields is a privately owned investment manager, operating as a subsidiary of New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC. The firm employs more than 50 investment professionals, including portfolio managers, analysts and associates, and manages nearly $90 billion in assets as of March 2016. MacKay Shields offers its services to state and municipal government entities, profit and pension sharing plans, wrap accounts, high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), foreign investment companies, banking and financial services institutions, and charitable organizations.
The firm is responsible for managing fixed-income, equity and balanced mutual funds. The firm also launches and manages hedge funds on behalf of its clients. MacKay Shields invests worldwide in public fixed-income and equity markets. It utilizes both fundamental and quantitative analysis, employing bottom-up, credit-centered fundamental research and top-down, macroeconomic stock selection approaches when making investments. Jeffrey Phlegar is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of MacKay Shields. Phlegar is responsible for determining and establishing the firm’s overall investment strategy and ensuring that the firm's goals are implemented. He oversees all portfolio management teams, sales and product development, and enterprise risk. He is part of the firm’s board of managers as well as the senior leadership team head. Prior to joining MacKay Shields in 2011, Phlegar spent nearly two decades working for AllianceBernstein L.P. (NYSE: AWF), where he served as the president of Advisory Services and Special Opportunities.
He was also a co-leader of AllianceBernstein’s fixed-income division, as well as chief investment officer (CIO) for the firm. Phlegar earned his bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and his MBA from Adelphi University. He has worked in the investment industry since the late 1980s. Lucille Protas is MacKay Shields' executive managing director, president and chief operating officer (COO). She began working in the investment industry at MacKay Shields in 1973 after attending Fairleigh Dickinson University. At MacKay Shields, Protas manages every aspect of the firm’s infrastructure divisions, including human resources, accounting and administration. She plays an active role in the firm’s general direction and strategies as a member of the board of managers and the senior leadership team. Beginning her career at the firm as an investment research assistant, Protas moved up the ladder, becoming a senior analyst, treasurer, chief administrative officer (CAO) and finally, in 2007, becoming president and COO.
Among the investment professionals working at MacKay Shields is Dan Roberts, an executive managing director and the head of global fixed-income investing. Along with being the firm’s CIO, Roberts chairs the fixed-income team’s investment policy committee (IPC), which is the foundation for the team-based approach to managing fixed-income portfolios. Roberts oversees the committee as it sets strategies and ensures that it meets all compliance regulations. Roberts joined MacKay Shields in 2004 after the firm acquired Pareto Partners, where he also worked as CIO. He has worked in the investment industry since 1977 and received his bachelor’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Iowa. Andrew Susser is the head of high-yield investments at MacKay Shields. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. Susser is responsible for managing the high-yield team's investment strategy implementation. Additionally, he follows the retail, gaming and food sectors.
Before joining MacKay in 2006, Susser was a portfolio manager at GoldenTree Asset Management. He also worked as a managing director and head of high-yield bond research at Banc of America Securities. Having received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Susser began his work in the investment industry in 1986, working as a corporate finance attorney at Shearman & Sterling’s New York office. Centro Restaurant, Mackay’s casual dining sensation, open 7 days for lunch and dinner and 8-10am Sundays for an all you can eat Buffet Breakfast. Centro brings you all the classic favourites plus some new ones in our a la carte menu. Centro has a great range of kid’s meals to choose from, plus with every kids meal receive a busy nippers activity pack. High chairs are on premises and are subject to availability. Experience Centro, bookings are recommended call 49 656 100 or request a booking below. Sunday night is Carvery night, enjoy a delicious traditional roast for only $13.99 for members.
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The idea is to find out firsthand and share with the public how accessible our state is for nonmotorized users, specifically people in wheelchairs. I’d also like to help a worthy cause. Ian Mackay is setting off on a journey that would be a challenge for anyone. He plans to ride his electric wheelchair from Canada to Oregon. Along the way he hopes to ride with people who want to share a piece of his journey, people who care about making our streets and roads safer for people on bikes, people who share his love of multi-use trails in particular. Trails are especially important for Ian, who uses an electric wheelchair since a bike crash at age 26 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. To learn more about Ian read his blog. Route Planning and Ridealongs Ian is looking for people to help him work out the best route, which needs to include a stop about every 30 miles to charge his chair. He’s hoping members of bike clubs along the route might want to share their expert advice and that riders and city planners and engineers will look at their local routes with accessibility and safety for all kinds of riders in mind.
If you’re interested in helping with route suggestions or riding a part of the route with him, get in touch with him via email. If you have maps with details so much the better. Ian’s been using Strava to track his travels; in the last couple of years he’s put in over 5,000 miles. Riding for a Cause Ian is looking for sponsors and donors to help cover the cost of his trip. In-kind donations will help keep costs down–anything from a place to stay to a tank of gas for his support vehicle will help. Anything he raises over and above trip costs, estimated at around $3,000, will be donated to Washington Bikes to support our statewide work for better connections that are safe, accessible, and available to everyone. Legislative advocacy and investments in trails and safe routes are important to Ian; that’s why he sought us out. Sponsorship benefits include, but are not limited to, signs on support vehicles and Ian's wheelchair, recognition in social media, and mentions in any media interviews or podcasts he does.