Mike Dowdall is Chief Investment Officer of Alternative Fund Advisors and the portfolio manager of the AFA Private Credit Fund. He is responsible for the investment sourcing, due diligence, and positioning of the AFA Private Credit Fund.

Prior to joining Alternative Fund Advisors, Mike was a director and the portfolio manager at BMO Global Asset Management, where he managed the US multi-asset and multi-alternative portfolios.

Mike is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago and is a CFA Charterholder. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA from the University of Notre Dame.

In this episode, Mike joins host Lotta Moberg to discuss the future of alternative credit and the myriad of associated factors and risks. 

His published work on the topic can be found here (pages 84-93): https://rpc.cfainstitute.org/-/media/documents/article/rf-brief/introduction-to-alt-credit.pdf

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