Bio

Michael Simmons is a Managing Director for Blackstone Credit’s Systematic Strategies unit. Mr. Simmons is a portfolio manager and trader for Systematic Strategies’ long only and absolute return portfolios. Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Simmons was part of the portfolio management and trading group that managed long only and hedge fund strategies at DCI, LLC. Prior to DCI, Mr. Simmons worked as a Portfolio Manager and Trader at Mellon Investments. Prior to Mellon Investments he was a Risk Analyst at Farallon Capital Management, and prior to that was a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Mr. Simmons received a Masters Degree in Financial Engineering from the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business and Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Bioengineering from the University of California San Diego, where he graduated magna cum laude.