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Ralph Gasser

Ralph Gasser - Head Fixed Income Investment Specialists


Ralph covers all fixed income markets and investment strategies at GAM, including traditional, specialist, structured, hybrid and alternative debt instruments in developed and emerging markets as well as in the public or private space.

Prior to joining GAM in August 2002, he worked for 15 years at UBS, where his positions included Head of European Asset-Backed Securities Research in London, senior analyst and transactions manager for structured finance in London, New York and Zurich, and over six years as a client advisor for Swiss commercial and real estate clients. All in all, Ralph has over 35 years of professional experience across a wide range of interest rate and credit products. He completed the higher further education as a Swiss-certified banking expert with federal diploma. Ralph is based in Zurich.

Ralph Gasser

My Insights

Active Thinking
Active Thinking: Shifting expectations, shifting opportunities
19 September 2024

The past months have delivered a sharp U-turn in market rate expectations. Ralph Gasser, Head of Fixed Income Investment Specialists, shares his views on recent developments and explores these shifts and their implications on investment opportunities across fixed income markets.

Active Thinking
Active Thinking: Seeking to unlock value beyond core credit markets
02 February 2024

With tight spreads across credit markets seemingly priced for near-perfection and distinctly out of kilter with many economic forecasts, Ralph Gasser asks whether interest rate and credit markets are singing from the same hymn sheet. Against the backdrop of these apparent contradictions, Ralph also assesses the role cat bonds can play in optimising returns and improving diversification in fixed income portfolios.

Active Thinking
Active Thinking: The great rates market sell-off: What now?
30 October 2023

Many market commentators and money managers have been recommending going long interest rate duration for months now – but markets have shown no sign of turning in their favour yet. Indeed, we may still not be done, argues Ralph Gasser, Head of Fixed Income Investment Specialists.