Brian J. Murphy
Senior Credit Analyst / Senior Portfolio Manager

Mr. Murphy is Vice President and Senior Credit Analyst / Senior Portfolio Manager in the Alternative Credit Strategies Group. He has eighteen years of investment industry experience, principally in the area of leveraged finance. From 1998 to May 2004, Mr. Murphy was employed by Columbia Management Group (formerly Stein Roe & Farnham Incorporated) in the Bank Loan Asset Management Group as a Senior Credit Analyst covering telecommunications, media/broadcasting, and the cable industries. Prior to joining Columbia, Mr. Murphy was employed by Van Kampen Investments from October 1991 through March 1998, most recently serving as an Assistant Portfolio Manager for the Van Kampen Prime Rate Income Trust, where he gained credit training and significant experience in all aspects of the bank loan asset class, including cash management, trade settlement, credit monitoring, portfolio surveillance and analysis. Mr. Murphy received a B.A. in Finance from Loras College.