Matthew Kraeger

Matthew Kraeger, Managing Director, is Co-Head of the Agency Mortgage Team and lead portfolio manager for mortgage portfolios within Global Fixed Income.

Mr. Kraeger has been a portfolio manager within the mortgage team since 2004, serving as a PM across both institutional accounts and retail funds. He is a portfolio manager on the BlackRock GNMA Fund and BlackRock US Mortgage Fund. Mr. Kraeger co-led BlackRock’s effort to develop an agency MBS sustainable investing framework and is a portfolio manager on the BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund and the BGF US Government Mortgage Impact Fund. Mr. Kraeger is a member of BlackRock’s Fixed Income ESG Committee.

He began his investment career as an analyst in BlackRock's trade operations department in 2000 and joined the Portfolio Analytics Group in 2002. Mr. Kraeger earned a BS degree in finance from Syracuse University.