Dan Colonna, CFA, Managing Director, is a member of U.S. Leveraged Finance within BlackRock’s Fundamental Fixed Income business. He is the lead portfolio manager of BlackRock’s Magnetite CLOs. Prior to joining the Magnetite team Dan was a senior research analyst for the U.S. Leveraged Finance team. He covered and was responsible for the investments within the Automotive, Industrial, and Financial sectors.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, Dan was a senior High Yield analyst at Bank of America covering the Industrial, Building Materials, and Services industries. He was selected to the Institutional Investor (II) All-America Fixed Income Research team. Earlier in his career at Bank of America, Dan was a senior High Yield trading desk analyst in London and an associate Equity analyst in New York on an II ranked Automotive research team. Dan started his career in equity research at JP Morgan covering Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Fordham University and is a CFA charter holder.