James Crystal

Senior Managing Director / Portfolio Manager, Bear Stearns Asset Management

James Crystal is Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Bear Stearns Asset Management. He came to Bear Stearns Asset Management in 2006, rejoining Bear Stearns from Silverback Asset Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund where he was Managing Director - Corporate Finance Investments. He was Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns in the Investment Banking Department, completing approximately 50 transactions, subsequently working in the Asset-Backed Investments group. Mr. Crystal served in various roles in corporate finance and equity derivatives at predecessor entities to UBS Investment Bank in Tokyo, London and New York. He holds a bachelor's degree from Yale and a master's from Harvard.