Cian Walsh

Lead strategic allocation and portfolio construction for NOK 14+ billion in hedge funds, private credit, and specialty finance on behalf of UHNW clients, family offices, and institutional investors. Delivered top-decile performance in our flagship fund-of-hedge-funds over the past decade, with a consistent focus on uncorrelated return streams and drawdown resilience. Designed and continually looking to integrate modern risk-based allocation frameworks straddling public and private markets, active and passive strategies, and “replacement” approaches for equity and fixed income. Spearheaded the inclusion of private credit as a diversifier, while optimising allocations in response to changing liquidity and geopolitical risk. Embedded ESG and governance criteria into manager selection and due diligence, ensuring cultural alignment and operational robustness. Represent the alternatives platform in client, board, and investment committee forums, translating complex strategies into clear, actionable narratives. Public thought leadership via linkedin content, Top Traders Unplugged podcast and industry publications, reinforcing Formue’s brand in the alternatives space.

Primarily an advisory & business development role.

Member of the firms investment committee Specialist in emerging market local currency, interest rates and inflation globallyPortfolio Manager – Emerging Markets Debt - Local, hard currency & hybrid Managed multi-billion USD portfolios across sovereign, corporate, and frontier markets debt, balancing alpha generation with rigorous risk controls. Responsible for the launch of one of the first institutional funds benchmarked to the newly launched JPM GBI-EM index family, and was also a founding index advisory committee member. Developed and executed strategies capturing value in hard currency, local currency, and corporate credit across diverse economic cycles. Directed credit research and macro analysis to identify relative value and mitigate default and liquidity risks. Collaborated with institutional clients to customise EM debt exposure within broader fixed income mandates, successfully blending both local and hard currency emerging market mandates. Consistently exceeded performance benchmarks delivering top decile returns and exponential growth in assets under management (from 20mn USD to over 8bn USD during my time)

Standard Asset Management. Responsible for EM corporate debt portfolios during London hours.

Graduate Training program, Front Office. Rotated from Trading, Sales and Research across emerging markets and european fixed income. Settled on the Emerging Markets Sales desk initially before moving to a research role. Was responsible for EMEA EM strategy research generating trade ideas and research publications for the firms institutional clients.