
Clancy Burson
Fixed Income Trading & Strategy Director

About Clancy
Clancy Burson is the lead taxable fixed income trader for Private Wealth Management at William Blair and serves on its structured products team. In this role, he develops taxable fixed income investment ideas in collaboration with William Blair wealth advisors and their clients, both individuals and institutions with highly complex balance sheets. With more than twenty-five years experience at William Blair, he has deep expertise in trading and knowledge of treasury, agency, and mortgage-backed security bonds (MBS), CDs, and investment grade and high-yield corporate bonds.
Before joining William Blair, Clancy managed MBS responsibilities at Boettcher & Company and at First Union/Kemper Securities.
About William Blair
William Blair is a premier global partnership with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 20 offices worldwide.*
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1935
Year William Blair was founded
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1,900+
Employees worldwide
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139 billion+
Client assets
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90 Years
Independent and employee-owned
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20+
Offices worldwide
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~650
Companies under coverage
As of March 31, 2025
*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.