Michael Sterne is a vice president and portfolio manager on the leveraged credit team at PPM America, Inc. (PPM). He is responsible for investment and allocation decisions for the firm's collateralized loan obligations which are managed on behalf of investors globally. Michael joined the leveraged credit 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).