George Jikovski

George Jikovski is Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, RMBS. He primarily focuses on identifying investment opportunities in the mortgage-backed securities (MBS), structured finance, and credit derivatives sectors. In addition, Mr. Jikovski is involved in the risk management and hedging of the portfolios. Prior to joining Canyon in 2007, Mr. Jikovski was at Trust Company of the West, where he focused on high grade MBS, including MBS derivatives, collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), and market value CDOs. Mr. Jikovski was previously with the Financial Restructuring Group at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin and was an Investment Banker in the Corporate Finance/M&A group at Bear, Stearns & Co, Inc. Mr. Jikovski graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Business Economics and a minor in accounting. Mr. Jikovski is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.