Elizabeth Cassidy is Head of US High Yield & Leveraged Loans at L&G – Asset Management, America. She is responsible for overseeing the portfolio construction and management of the firm’s investments in US high yield corporate bonds and leveraged loans

Elizabeth joined the firm in 2019 as a Senior High Yield Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining, she was a Portfolio Manager at Driehaus Capital Management where she co-managed two absolute return credit products focusing on high yield, leveraged loans and distressed securities. Prior to Driehaus, Elizabeth worked as a Vice President at Bank of America in the Global Distressed Debt and Special Situations Proprietary Investing Group. She was also a Vice President at Credit Suisse in the investment banking division.

Elizabeth earned a BA from Middlebury College. In addition, she earned an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she was a Keller Scholar.