Rick Lataille
Director of Credit Research
Easterly | ROC Municipals
Director of Credit Research
Easterly | ROC Municipals
Rick serves as Director of Credit Research at Easterly ROC Municipals.
Prior to joining Easterly ROC Municipals, Rick served as a credit analyst for a multi-strategy hedge fund, Verition Fund. Before this position, he was a member of Morgan Stanley’s Municipal Capital Solutions team, assisting the firm’s clients to structure bespoke credits, private placements, options, and other structured solutions. He transitioned to this team from Morgan Stanley’s municipal sales and trading desk, where he was a high-yield credit analyst covering project finance, structured finance, restructurings, and other distressed credits. He started his career in municipal finance at Morgan Stanley as an investment banker in the Public Finance group, where he covered major infrastructure as well as Caribbean and public power issuers. In this position, he ultimately executed over $25 billion in senior managed underwritings, derivatives, tenders, advisory assignments, and direct purchases. Prior to his career in municipal finance, Rick was an acquisitions analyst for Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, a commercial REIT.
Rick received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.