Municipals in focus: Why munis? Why now?

Gregory A. Gizzi

Managing Director, Head of US Fixed income and Head of Municipal Bonds, Senior Portfolio Manager

Gregory A. Gizzi is Head of Municipal Bonds for Macquarie Asset Management Fixed Income (MFI) in the Americas, a role he assumed in February 2019. In this role, he is responsible for the overall operation of the strategy and is team lead on several of the tax-exempt strategies. Additionally, Gizzi continues to be responsible for MFI’s taxable municipal business and the marketing efforts for the municipal product. Previously, Gizzi was co-portfolio manager of the firm’s municipal bond funds and several client accounts, a role he held since November 2011. Gizzi is also the Head of US Fixed Income, a role he assumed in July 2022. In this role, he is responsible for the oversight of the US fixed income business and works closely with US MFI leadership to ensure the delivery of the team’s business objectives in the region. Before joining Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) in January 2008 as head of municipal bond trading, he spent six years as a vice president at Lehman Brothers for the firm’s tax-exempt institutional sales effort. Prior to that, he spent two years trading corporate bonds for UBS before joining Lehman Brothers in a sales capacity. Gizzi has more than 20 years of trading experience in the municipal securities industry, beginning at Kidder Peabody in 1984, where he started as a municipal bond trader and worked his way up to institutional block trading desk manager. He later worked in the same capacity at Dillon Read. Gizzi earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University.

William Roach

Vice President, Senior Trader, Portfolio Manager

• Joined Macquarie in 2012
• Based in Philadelphia

Bill is a Co-Portfolio Manager for the firm’s municipal bond funds and client accounts, a role he assumed in May 2023. He is also a Senior Trader for the Municipal Bond Team within Macquarie Asset Management Fixed Income (MFI), a position he has held since March 2019.

Prior to joining the Municipal Bond Team in April 2015, Bill spent three years as an Internal Sales Consultant for the firm’s Client Solutions Group, where he managed relationships across the country and across asset classes. Before joining Macquarie, he worked at Merrill Lynch as an Investment Consultant and Analyst.

He earned a Bachelor of Science with dual concentrations in business administration and political science from Albright College and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from Villanova University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst^® and Chartered Market Technician^® designations.