Vinny Catalano, CFA is President and Global Investment Strategist with Blue Marble Capital Management (BMCapM) and author of "Sectors and Styles" (Wiley 2006). A leading investment strategist and asset manager, Mr. Catalano appears regularly in the media (Bloomberg TV & Radio, foxbusiness.com, BNN TV, CNBC, New Delhi TV), is frequently quoted in various professional publications (Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Financial Times, Reuters), and is a guest speaker at major forums (Indexing and ETFs, Alternative Investing).

Vinny also produces and conducts timely topical and educational programs with various CFA Societies and other groups, including the highly acclaimed "Market Forecast Series". Prior to forming BMCapM, Catalano was a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch providing investment advice and counseling to high net worth individuals. During this time, he also provided educational and informational instruction to senior and mid level corporate executives with publicly-traded and privately held companies. Vinny is a past president of the New York Society of Security Analysts and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

Timothy W. Hayes, CMT, is NDRG’s Chief Global Investment Strategist. He has been with the firm since 1986. Tim directs NDRG’s global asset allocation services, develops strategy and major investment themes, and establishes NDRG’s weightings for global asset allocation, presenting his views on the cyclical and secular outlook globally.

Tim oversees NDRG’s monthly Investment Strategy, covering global strategy and allocation, and his timely market commentaries and studies are featured in Global Strategy publications, which focus on global allocation and the most significant global developments. Tim has been featured many times on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and his market views are often quoted in The Wall Street Journal and other financial media in the U.S. and internationally. He is author of The Research-Driven Investor, published in November 2000, and he has contributed to several other books. His research articles have appeared in the Journal of Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, and other publications.

Tim received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College, and he is a Chartered Market Technician. In 2008, the Investorside Research Association honored Tim with its Research Excellence Award for “Exiting Equities in ‘07.” In 1996, the Market Technicians Association awarded Tim the Charles H. Dow Award for groundbreaking research, recognizing an outstanding original work that best expounds on the principles of technical analysis.

In a career spanning 25 years and several countries, Louise has developed a range of skills that give her a unique perspective on global credit strategy and ideally equip her for her role as CreditSights' Chief Strategist.

Louise joined the firm in 2002. Previously she was a Director and Head of U.S. Credit Strategy at Deutsche Bank where she was responsible for the formulation of the bank’s macro credit strategy and the marketing of this platform to a global client base. In 1993, she was in Australia as a specialist in the area of inflation indexed fixed income securities, and then moved to the United States in 1995. After a three-year stint as a senior fixed income salesperson for global government fixed income product she moved into the corporate arena in 1998 specializing first in the newly developing European market and then assuming the mantle of U.S. Credit Strategist in 2000.