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Hi, and welcome to the Longview. I'm Jeff Patak Global Director of Manager Research for Morningstar Research Services. And I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance for Morningstar, Inc.

Our guest this week is Rick Reader. Rick is BlackRock's global chief investment officer

of fixed income and co-head of Black Rock's global fixed income platform. In addition, Rick

serves as a member of BlackRock's

Global Operating Committee and is chairman of the BlackRock Firm-wide Investment Council.

As part of his responsibilities, Rick manages several prominent BlackRock strategies, including

BlackRock Global Allocation, BlackRock Total Return, and Black Rock Strategic Income Opportunities.

He's currently a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets.

Before joining BlackRock in 2009, Rick was president and CEO of R3 Capital Partners,

and prior to that did a stint at Lehman Brothers. Rick earned his bachelor's degree

in finance from Emmer University and his MBA from the Wharton School of Business. Rick, welcome to the

Longview. Thanks, Jeff. Thanks for having me. So maybe for starters, where do we find you today,

and how has the way you work changed amid the coronavirus crisis?

So I'm actually working from Florida.

Came down here about a month or so ago with my whole family.

We live in New Jersey.

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