Rachel Benaroya

About Rachel Benaroya

I am a finance professional turned innovative product & scalable systems devotee.My background includes 15 years of experience in investment banking, fixed income markets, and risk evaluation—with a focus on credit risk assessments for high-risk, distressed municipalities. As a result, I recognize the critical importance of data-informed decision-making, and the need for independent, trustworthy, and transparent valuations of fixed income municipal assets. This motivating belief—coupled with my innate curiosity and strong desire to collaborate with people in order to fully understand problems, define solutions, and implement change—is the driving force behind my current goal: to positively impact the municipal bonds industry through the creation of financial products that promote price discovery and data transparency.Currently, I am Product Manager for BVAL municipals, Bloomberg\'s evaluated fixed income pricing service, which provides prices on nearly 1 million U.S. municipal bonds daily. My ongoing objective is to develop new product features and scalable financial analysis systems to improve the accuracy and transparency of BVAL pricing data and its ease of integration for clients. AREAS OF EXPERTISECredit Analysis Special Situations Strategic Planning Municipal Products Municipal Finance Public Finance Risk Assessment Loss Given Default (LGD) Process Improvements Systems Implementation Fixed Income Bond Markets Financial Product Management Communication & Collaboration OPEN TO NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIESI enjoy connecting with all innovators—particularly those in the product development, fixed income pricing, and municipals space! If you would like to connect, please contact me at r••••••••@bloomberg.net.

Experience

1. Product Manager

   Bloomberg

   Jan 2021 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Lead a cross-functional team of experts to identify client needs and address them via new product features and innovative pricing tools that help to navigate the municipal market on a daily basis. BVAL is Bloomberg\'s evaluated fixed income pricing service that provides prices on nearly 1 million U.S. municipal bonds daily. BVAL leverages Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) trades as well as sell-side contributions to build more than pricing curves, which drive BVAL\'s relative value modeling. BVAL produces an hourly updated municipal benchmark that is derived from institutional-size trades and new issues and is easily accessible on the Bloomberg Professional service.Create a compelling product vision and strategy, fully understanding user needs Leverage expertise of the municipal capital markets and long-standing industry relationships to identify client needs and product opportunitiesPartner with engineers, evaluators, and quantitative analysts to build and adapt modelsCoordinate with sales teams to present the value of the BVAL offering to clients and explain the available models and toolsLaunch products that help clients gain an edge by providing new insights into valuations, empowering them to make well-informed investment decisions

Education

• Lafayette College

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), International Relations and Affairs

  1999 — 2003

• Syracuse University

  Study Abroad Program, Strasbourg, France, Studies in Political Science and International Economics

  2002 — 2002

• IESE Business School

  Driving Leadership Potential (DLP) Executive Education Program

  2019 — 2019

Skills

• Series 7
• Credit Analysis
• Fixed Income
• Financial Modeling
• Bloomberg
• Equities
• Structured Finance
• Corporate Finance
• Public Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Project Finance
• Capital Markets
• Investments
• Investment Banking
• Portfolio Management
• Trading
• Finance