Managing Director, Co-Head of Credit Research, Liquid Credit
Linda Ba
Linda Ba is a managing director and co-head of credit research for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ liquid credit strategies, where she is responsible for broadly syndicated loan and high yield bond investments.
Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2018, Ba was an analyst at Post Advisory Group, responsible for reviewing high yield credits. Previously, Ba spent over fifteen years in international finance, twelve spent as an analyst and portfolio manager in global equities for Nicholas-Applegate, Giovine Capital, Artisan Partners and Putnam Investments, including serving as portfolio manager of the multi-billion dollar Nicholas-Applegate International Growth Fund, and two years structuring asset and project finance transactions for BT Securities.
Ba earned a B.S. magna cum laude in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.A. magna cum laude in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. She earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1997.