Jacob Caplain

Jacob Caplain

Managing Director, Head of Strategy for Global Fixed Income multi-sector yield and closed-end funds.

Jacob Caplain, Managing Director, is Head of Strategy for Global Fixed Income multi-sector yield and closed-end funds. Jacob designed the investment process for the FI Yield Funds and contributed to the creation of many of these vehicles. He focuses on portfolio construction, risk analysis, asset allocation, and analytics across the multi-sector mutual funds platform, focusing on yield-driven strategies. He specializes in fundamental research on macro trends in Emerging Markets.

 

Mr. Caplain has also been a member of the Risk and Quantitative Analysis group within BlackRock, responsible for risk management across the multi-sector mutual funds platform. Mr. Caplain earned a BA degree, magna cum laude, in Financial Economics from Columbia University.