Michael Grant, SVP, Senior Portfolio Manager, describes the appeal of long/short equity: to act like a long-only investor when the environment is favorable and yet to have the flexibility to preserve capital when the environment turns.

Eli Pars, Co-CIO, Head of Alternative Strategies and Co-Head of Convertible Strategies, Senior Co-PM, says the goal is to buy low and sell high, generate coupon income and trade around the portfolio.

Eli Pars, Co-CIO, Head of Alternative Strategies and Co-Head of Convertible Strategies, Senior Co-PM, discusses the extensive background of our convertible arbitrage strategy.

Eli Pars, Co-CIO, Head of Alternative Strategies and Co-Head of Convertible Strategies, Senior Co-PM, outlines the sources of income from convertible arbitrage, including: coupon income from the convertible bond, short interest credit, capital appreciation from convertibles and rebalancing/trading profits.

Matt Freund, Co-CIO, Head of Fixed Income Strategies, Senior Co-Portfolio Manager, explains why the team tends to take contrarian positions when building a portfolio.

Matt Freund, Co-CIO, Head of Fixed Income Strategies, Senior Co-Portfolio Manager, discusses what sets the Calamos fixed income approach apart.

Michael Grant, SVP, Senior Portfolio Manager, says the team has the flexibility to “to play whatever hand the market deals us.”

Eli Pars, Co-CIO, Head of Alternative Strategies and Co-Head of Convertible Strategies, Senior Co-PM, explains that convertible arbitrage has performed well in most equity market environments—and that the strategy has done its best in declining equity markets historically.

Nick Niziolek, Co-CIO, explains the origin of the Calamos Evolving World Growth Fund and the reasons we believe it is a unique emerging market solution.