Jayanth Ganesan

About Jayanth Ganesan

Investment Manager at Legal & General (L&G Re USA), leading capital allocation across diversified private credit strategies and managing balance sheet assets on behalf of Banner Life William Penn’s pension risk transfer (PRT) and insurance mandates.I underwrite and manage investments across residential credit, CRE credit, asset-backed finance, and private corporate credit. For alternative and structured opportunities, I oversee the full investment lifecycle from underwriting and structuring through execution and portfolio optimization, while also supporting underwriting and portfolio management for core private credit allocations.Previously at Nuveen Real Estate, I conducted commercial mortgage research, building relative-value models and producing sector- and macro-level analyses to support origination and portfolio strategy across core and high-yield CRE debt. Before that, I was a CMBS Research Analyst underwriting conduit, SASB, Freddie K, and CRE CLO transactions.Duke University graduate in Economics and Computer Science.

Experience

1. Investment Manager

   Legal & General

   Jan 2023 — Present · Stamford, CT, US

   Lead capital allocation across diversified private credit strategies at Legal & General Re USA, on behalf of Banner Life William Penn, supporting pension risk transfer (PRT) and insurance balance sheet mandateso Lead evaluation of alternative private credit investments across Residential Credit (Non-Agency), Commercial Real Estate Credit (CRE Mortgages, CMBS Private Placements, Natural Capital), Asset-Backed Credit (CPACE, CTL, Project Finance), and Corporate Credit (Direct Lending, CLOs, CFOs)o Oversee the full investment lifecycle for bilateral transactions, including credit underwriting, debt structuring, legal negotiations, due diligence, loan documentation, and risk analysis, coordinating with external managers and internal affiliates such as LGR (UK), LG Re (Bermuda), and LGIMA (US)• Drive investment analysis and portfolio optimization within NAIC and BMA regulatory frameworkso Present investment memos to senior leadership, integrating financial modeling to execute transactionso Shape portfolio construction through providing asset modeling (e.g, prepayment), strategic asset allocation, and asset liability management assumptions to optimize portfolio returns and capital efficiency

Education

• Duke University

  Bachelor's Degree, Economics & Computer Science

  2011 — 2015

• BASIS Charter School

  High School Diploma

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Mips Assembly
• Java
• Python
• C
• Bloomberg Terminal
• R
• Jmp
• Stata