Matthew Kraeger

Matthew Kraeger

Managing Director, Co-Head, Agency Mortgage Team

Matthew Kraeger, Managing Director, is co-head of the Agency Mortgage Team and lead portfolio manager for US Mortgage portfolios within BlackRock’s Global Fixed Income (GFI) platform.

 

Mr. Kraeger has been a portfolio manager within the US Mortgage Team since 2004, serving as a portfolio manager across both institutional accounts and retail funds. He is a senior portfolio manager on the BlackRock Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund, the BlackRock Securitized Income Fund and BlackRock’s Income Trust, a mortgage focused closed-end fund.

 

Mr. Kraeger began his investment career as an analyst in BlackRock's trade operations department in 2000, joined the Portfolio Analytics Group (PAG) in 2002 and the US Mortgage Team in 2004. Mr. Kraeger earned a BS degree in finance from Syracuse University.