25 Years at AB|32 Years of Experience
Scott DiMaggio is a Senior Vice President, Head of Fixed Income and a member of the Operating Committee. As Head of Fixed Income, he is responsible for the management and strategic growth of AB’s fixed-income business and investment decisions across the department. DiMaggio has previously served as director of Global Fixed Income and continues to be a portfolio manager across numerous multi-sector and multi-currency strategies. Prior to joining AB’s Fixed Income portfolio-management team, he performed quantitative investment analysis, including asset-liability, asset-allocation, return attribution and risk analysis for the firm. Before joining the firm in 1999, DiMaggio was a risk management market analyst at Santander Investment Securities. He also held positions as a senior consultant at Ernst & Young and Andersen Consulting. DiMaggio holds a BS in business administration from the State University of New York, Albany, and an MS in finance from Baruch College. He is a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals and a CFA charterholder. Location: New York
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Christopher Hogbin, Scott DiMaggio, Nelson Yu | 03 January 2025Continued volatility, falling yields, and other expectations for the year ahead, plus seven strategies to take advantage.
Scott DiMaggio | 02 January 2025Balancing credit risk with interest-rate risk in a dynamically managed portfolio can be an all-weather approach.
Scott DiMaggio, John Taylor | 14 November 2024Systematic fixed-income investing is attracting increased attention but needs specialist skills and resources. Does your manager have what it takes?
Bernd Wuebben, Scott DiMaggio, Timothy Kurpis | 16 October 2024We expect bond yields to trend gradually lower—but it may be a bumpy ride. These seven strategies may help investors take advantage.
Scott DiMaggio | 01 October 2024Don’t miss out. Prepare to take advantage of opportunities in the second half.
Scott DiMaggio | 01 July 2024Bond investors have been looking for an approach that delivers attractive, repeatable, uncorrelated active returns. Is their wait over?
Scott DiMaggio, Bernd Wuebben, Timothy Kurpis | 21 June 2024Bond investors who are overly focused on individual data points may lose sight of the bigger opportunity picture.
Scott DiMaggio | 01 April 2024What does an era of higher equilibrium inflation mean for yields, volatility and active bond investing?
Scott DiMaggio, Michael Rosborough, Fahd Malik | 21 March 2024The tide has turned for bonds. Here’s what we think is in store for 2024.
Scott DiMaggio | 02 January 2024Investors are entering the new year with many concerns about macroeconomic conditions and market volatility. The heads of our fixed-income, equities and alternatives businesses lay out some of the key investment storylines to watch in 2024.
Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld, Christopher Hogbin, Nelson Yu, Matthew Bass | 12 December 2023Good news for bond investors: yields are likely to stay higher for longer. We share strategies for making the most of this environment.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 02 October 2023Bond investors have been looking for an approach that delivers attractive, repeatable, uncorrelated active returns. Is their wait over?
Scott DiMaggio, Bernd Wuebben | 05 September 2023Do high-yield bonds still make sense for income investors at this stage of the credit cycle? We think so.
Matthew Sheridan, Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 08 August 2023Surf's up! Elevated yields and negative correlations are good news for bond investors. We share strategies for making the most of today's opportunities.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 03 July 2023The economic outlook for the US is cloudy, but the right mix of credit and government bonds may help investors boost income in all kinds of weather.
Matthew Sheridan, Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 26 June 2023Market conditions may be unpredictable, but these strategies can help investors gain traction.
Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld | 03 April 2023Could debt-ceiling drama create investment opportunities?
Scott DiMaggio, Eric Winograd | 31 March 2023Leading active fixed-income managers have long sought to make their investment performance outcomes more consistent and repeatable through process improvements. These enhancements have typically systematized aspects of the investment process without substantially altering the main sources of outperformance or reducing the levels of beta risk.
Scott DiMaggio, Bernd Wuebben | 30 March 2023Conflicting economic data and volatile markets can reduce visibility. It helps to look beyond the turbulence to the destination.
Eric Winograd, Scott DiMaggio | 30 March 2023Our Fixed-Income Co-Heads survey the market landscape for 2023—and provide strategies for making the most of it.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 03 January 2023Future investing challenges will be profoundly different than those that dominated capital markets in recent decades. Investors must adjust their expectations accordingly.
Scott DiMaggio, Chris Marx | 09 December 2022It's been a stormy year for investors, and the forecast calls for more of the same. We address today's challenges and opportunities and strategies for navigating bad weather.
Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld | 03 October 2022It's been a long and winding road, and most investors are feeling a bit queasy. Our Fixed Income co-heads pull out their road map for bonds.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 05 July 2022Active bond investors can rise to the challenges of today environment. Here's how.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 01 April 2022Our Fixed Income Co-Heads survey the market landscape for 2022—and provide strategies for making the most of it.
Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld | 04 January 2022Bond markets are supposed to be placid. But outsized uncertainty in today’s bond markets is putting investors on edge. We make sense of today’s investing landscape.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 04 October 2021We address the three most common investor concerns we’re hearing today—inflation, tapering and climate risk. Plus, a bonus worry (if you’re not thinking about this risk, you should be).
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 30 June 2021Worried about rising rates? Inflation keeping you up at night? We've identified three strategies that will help keep your portfolio aloft.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 06 April 2021In conversations with clients, we're hearing recurring questions about diversification that require innovative solutions for unusual market conditions.
Christopher Hogbin, Scott DiMaggio | 24 March 2021AB's Co-Heads of Fixed Income weigh in on systemic risk, areas of opportunity and the hunt for yield in 2021.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 05 January 2021Can bonds continue to play defense and provide income when yields are at historic lows? We think so.
Gershon Distenfeld, Scott DiMaggio | 05 October 2020Low yields plus rising defaults seemingly leave little ground for bond investors seeking safety or income - or both. But for investors who remain flexible, these objectives aren’t as distant as many think.
Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld | 09 July 2020Most of the bond market sold off in March as the coronavirus crisis intensified. But as past crises have shown, indiscriminate selloffs can generate big opportunities.
Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld | 04 April 2020Expecting the unexpected? Our Co-Head of Fixed Income and our US economist discuss bond strategies for volatile times.
Scott DiMaggio, Eric Winograd | 05 March 2020Is the impact of global monetary stimulus waning? Our Co-Head of Fixed Income and our US economist discuss whether fiscal stimulus will pick up the slack.
Scott DiMaggio, Eric Winograd | 24 February 2020The Fed balance sheet is back. Our Co-Head of Fixed Income and our US economist discuss what recent stimulus means to the economy and markets.
Scott DiMaggio, Eric Winograd | 05 February 2020Bond yields are low, geopolitical risk is rising and the economic outlook is uncertain. This could create some challenges for investors who rely on their fixed-income allocation to provide income, returns, stability and diversification against equity risk. But we think investors can still fortify their fixed-income allocations in a way that increases return potential without an excessive increase in risk.
Monika Carlson, Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld | 10 January 2020With bond yields near record lows, can fixed-income markets generate solid returns in 2020 without forcing investors to take too much risk? From a fraught geopolitical landscape to a global slowdown, we assess today's biggest challenges—and opportunities.
Scott DiMaggio, Gershon Distenfeld | 09 January 2020As a leading investment management and research firm, AB's unique combination of expertise, insights and global reach allows us to anticipate and advance what's next-applying collective insights to help keep our clients at the forefront of change.
Scott DiMaggio | 12 December 2019Crowded trades have become all too common in fixed-income markets. But running with the crowd is risky, particularly when it comes to illiquid assets like bank loans that may not be easy to sell during a market downturn.
Douglas J. Peebles, Jeff Skoglund, Gershon Distenfeld, James Switzer, Scott DiMaggio | 24 October 2018The digital revolution took its time getting to fixed income, but today it's transforming the investing landscape. Already, major advances in technology are helping early adopters gain unique insights and act faster in markets where speed and alpha are increasingly and inextricably linked.
Jeff Skoglund, Gershon Distenfeld, James Switzer, Scott DiMaggio | 16 October 2018At long last, fixed-income investing is entering the digital age-and investors should pay close attention to what their asset managers are doing to keep up. From better pricing to better solution design, the digital revolution that's transforming the fixed-income management landscape can lead to a host of benefits.
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