Fitch hires Matsui from Swiss Re

Fitch Ratings has hired Vincent Matsui, former co-head of global structured credit underwriting at Swiss Re in New York, as a managing director in its collateralised debt obligation (CDO) asset manager ratings group.

Matsui joins the rating agency as a New York-based senior director and will report to Said Rafat, senior director and head of Fitch’s manager ratings group.

The group provides independent ratings of CDO managers based on several factors including management track record, surveillance data, and company reputation.

Prior to Fitch, Matsui was a fixed income portfolio manager at Citibank, where he was also involved in assisting institutional investors with their derivatives use.