Michael Sterne, CFA, CPA
Assistant Vice President
Michael Sterne is an assistant vice president on the bank loan team at PPM America, Inc. (PPM). He is responsible for the support of all aspects of the bank loan portfolio management strategy. Michael joined the bank loan team in 2022 from PPM’s fixed income research team, where he was responsible for the credit coverage and investment recommendations for the Australian, Canadian and Japanese banks, asset managers and supranational sectors, as well as portions of the high yield financials sector. Prior to joining PPM in 2019, Michael was an audit senior associate at KPMG. He earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Illinois. Michael is a CFA® charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).