Xavier Riera joined Saba in September 2012. Mr. Riera is a Portfolio Manager who focuses on several strategies including capital structure arbitrage, tail hedging and cross asset relative value. Prior to Saba, Mr. Riera was a Portfolio Manager at Bluefin Trading, where he managed their cross-asset arbitrage strategy. Prior to Bluefin, Mr. Riera was a Portfolio Manager at Kellogg Capital, where he focused on opportunities across the capital structure of North American companies. Prior to this, Mr. Riera was a Vice President at Credit Suisse and a senior analyst on its proprietary capital structure arbitrage trading desk. Mr. Riera started his career on the event driven proprietary trading desk of IXIS Capital Markets in New York. Mr. Riera holds a Masters in Finance from École HEC in Paris.