Nichole Hammond

Angel Oak Capital Advisors has recently hired Nichole Hammond, CFA®, as co-portfolio manager of its High Yield Opportunities Fund.

Hammond will co-manage the High Yield Opportunities Fund alongside Portfolio Manager Matthew Kennedy, CFA®, in Angel Oak’s Seattle office. Hammond joins Angel Oak with over 17 years of investment management experience.

Most recently, she led research and portfolio positioning for the global banking and finance sector of Wells Capital Management’s Montgomery Core Fixed Income team, managing over $30 billion. Hammond was responsible for conducting in-depth credit research and developing relative value-based trading strategies for the corporate bond portfolios. Prior to joining Wells, Hammond worked as a credit research analyst for the investment grade portfolio at GE Financial Assurance.