About Seix Investment Advisors

As CIO, Jim has oversight responsibilities for the investment teams and specific portfolio management responsibilities within the investment grade team. He also leads the Seix Investment Policy Group. Prior to joining Seix, Jim was Head of Investment Grade Corporate & High Yield Bond Management for American Century Investments. In this role he was responsible for portfolio management, strategy, credit research and trading. Prior to this, Jim was Chief Investment Officer at Westmoreland Capital Management and Managing Director of Investment Grade and High Yield Fixed Income at UBS Global Asset Management. At UBS he was Chairman of the Investment Strategy and Credit Policy Committee and directly responsible for management of a number of funds. Earlier in his career he was Director of Research and Chairman of the Credit Strategy Committee at Bankers Trust. Jim received a B.S. degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Business Management from St. Francis College and an M.B.A. degree (Beta Gamma Sigma) from Fordham University.

Ron is an experienced senior portfolio manager focused on the investment grade - tax-exempt strategiesand a member of the Seix Investment Policy Group. Ron received a B.A. in Business Administration from Adelphi University, is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Orlando and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.

Mike is head of institutional client service at Seix Investment Advisors LLC and responsible for directing and overseeing all client service activities for the firm. In addition to his management responsibilities, Mike maintains client service responsibilities for a number of key institutional client relationships.  As a seasoned fixed income investment professional, he also serves as the investment grade product specialist for Seix. Mike joined Seix in 2013 from StableRiver Capital Management where he held a number of senior positions including managing director of client services and director of liquidity management, where he had management responsibility for over $20 billion in fixed income assets. Mike joined Trusco Capital Management as a senior fixed income portfolio manager and MBS sector team leader in 2002. Prior to Trusco, Mike was a fixed income portfolio manager with Wachovia Asset Management in Winston-Salem, NC., where he worked for 13 years. Mike graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in Economics, is a CFA Charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute and Atlanta Society of Finance and Investment Professionals. He also holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 registrations.

George is the head of the firm’s leveraged finance platform. In this capacity, he provides strategic oversight of high yield bond portfolio management activities as well as serving as senior portfolio manager for all leveraged loan portfolios. George joined Seix in 2001 as head of leveraged finance research, and subsequently launched the leveraged loan strategy in 2005. Since inception of this strategy, this has expanded to include all leveraged loan portfolios and CLOs. Prior to joining Seix he was a senior high yield research analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities. George received both a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from New York University.

Mike serves as a senior portfolio manager with lead portfolio management responsibility for the High Quality High Yield Strategy and the Full Market High Yield Strategy.  Mike joined the firm as a leveraged finance research analyst covering financials and has been a senior portfolio manager of the firm since 2007. Prior to joining the firm in 2002, Mike was a senior analyst with Oppenheimer Funds, Inc., covering the telecommunications and cable industries. He was previously vice president and co-head of research at BNY Capital Markets, Inc., where he held responsibility for the telecommunications and consumer related industries. Prior to that he was at Mendham Capital Group as a managing partner in high yield research, where he focused on consumer-related industries. Mike received a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware, School of Engineering and an M.B.A. degree from Rutgers University.

Dusty is a seasoned senior portfolio manager focused on the investment grade - tax-exempt strategies. Before attaining her current position, Dusty worked as a portfolio specialist and then as a performance analyst. Prior to beginning her career in investment management with Seix's predecessor firm, she worked for Barnett Bank in the Commercial Loans division. Dusty received a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Maryland and is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts and the Southern Municipal Finance Society.

Mike is responsible for institutional sales and consultant relations at Seix Investment Advisors LLC. His prior experience includes the oversight of a public and private credit strategy, hedge funds and equity portfolios along with trading fixed income securities and developing new business globally. Prior to joining Seix, Mike was president of a credit fund and managing director of hedge fund firm Optima Fund Management. He also served as co-head of Rothschild Asset Management and global co-head of distribution for Rothschild’s affiliated global asset management firms. Prior to Rothschild, he spent a decade in distribution with Lazard Asset Management. He began his career as a proprietary fixed income trader at Sanwa Securities and on the trading desk of PaineWebber Incorporated. Mike graduated from Syracuse University, is a CFA charterholder and holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 registrations.

Perry is a seasoned senior portfolio manager focused on the government related and securitized asset classes and a member of the Seix Investment Policy Group. Before joining Seix in 1999, he was a portfolio manager at GRE Insurance Group, where he was responsible for all North American fixed income assets within the group. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager and analyst at Home Insurance Company, focused primarily on mortgage backed securities. Perry began his career as an account analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Company. He received a B.S. degree in Economics and Computer Coordinate w/Economics from Trinity College and an M.B.A. degree in Finance from New York University.

Lisa is responsible for institutional sales and consultant relations at Seix Investment Advisors LLC. Prior to joining Seix, Lisa worked at BlackRock where she was a Director within the Institutional Client Business, responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with institutional investors. Before joining BlackRock, Lisa was a Vice President at RBC Capital Markets, where she provided investment banking services to municipal issuers in the Eastern Region. Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets, she was a Director at American Express focused on Mergers and Acquisitions Strategy and New Business Development. Lisa also worked as an Associate at BNP Paribas in the Leveraged Finance Group with a focus on the healthcare sector. She began her career as an Analyst in the Municipal Structured Finance Group at Fitch Ratings.  
 

Lisa earned a BA from Amherst College, an MPA from New York University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 79 registrations.

James is head of leveraged finance trading, and also serves as a co-portfolio manager for the High Quality High Yield Strategy and the Full Market High Yield Strategy. In addition, he has research responsibilities for the financials industry. Upon joining the firm in 1997 with a background in fixed income analysis and trading, James served as an analyst, co-portfolio manager, and head trader in the mortgage backed securities group. In 2002, he joined the high yield group as a trader and later was named head of the High Yield Trading team. Prior to joining Seix, James was with Prudential Securities, where he handled corporate, government and mortgage trades as well as settlement and portfolio administration. James received a B.A. degree in Marketing from the University of Delaware and is a CFA Charterholder.

Phillip is a research analyst for Seix’s tax-exempt portfolios and is responsible for setting credit policy and exposure limits, performing credit analysis on current and prospective holdings, and making relative value investment recommendations for issuers in the municipal bond market. Before joining Seix’s predecessor firm in 2009, Phillip worked as a municipal analyst for Evergreen Investment Management Company where he served as the lead analyst for several mutual funds. Phillip earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida in 2003. He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Orlando.

Angela is research analyst for Seix and a member of the tax-exempt municipal team. She has expertise across a broad array of sectors, including state and local government general obligation and appropriation-backed bonds, municipal utility, special tax, transportation, land secured and federal grant and loan programs.  Before joining Seix, Angela was head of public finance credit and research at HilltopSecurities Inc. where she developed credit strategies and provided structuring recommendations for municipal issuers throughout the US.  Her experience also includes credit analysis for Radian Asset Assurance, Inc.; and J.P. Morgan, where she supported the firm’s municipal sales, trading and underwriting activities.  She began her career at S&P Global Ratings covering high-profile credits throughout the US, including a number of state-level issuers. 
 
Angela earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from New York University and a Master’s degree in Economics from Columbia University. She is a member of National Federation of Municipal Analysts' Board of Governors and Immediate Past Chair of Southern Municipal Finance Society.

Michael is a seasoned senior portfolio manager focused on the securitized sector. He is a member of the Seix Investment Policy Group. Before joining Seix, Michael was a portfolio manager at AIG Global Investment, where he managed an ABS portfolio covering the full rating spectrum in addition to non-agency senior residential MBS, adjustable rate senior mortgage portfolio and international AAA residential MBS portfolios. Michael began his investment management career at Aetna Life and Casualty's Portfolio Hedging Group as an analyst. Michael received an A.B. degree (Cum Laude) in Mathematics from Dartmouth College.

Seth is an experienced senior portfolio manager focused on research and oversight for global investments. He is a member of the Seix Investment Policy Group. Before joining Seix, Seth was Director of Emerging Market Fixed Income and Currency Strategist at Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney and head of economic and political analysis for Mexico, Venezuela, and Peru. Prior to that, he was a Latin American equity strategist for Merrill Lynch and advised clients on Latin American equity markets and macro outlook. Seth began his career at Chemical Bank as a macroeconomic and political research analyst where he co-authored the Weekly Latin America Update and the Latin American Quarterly, providing economic & political analysis. Seth received a B.A. degree in Economics and Political Science and also received his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Political Economy from Columbia University.

Vince is an experienced leveraged finance research analyst focused on the media and technology industries and became a portfolio manager on the Leveraged Loan Strategy in October of 2011. Before joining Seix he was the director of research for Assurant, Inc., covering the telecommunications, cable/media, utility and broadcasting industries. Vince began his career at TD Securities advancing to a senior high yield research analyst, where he focused on US and Canadian wireless carriers. Vince received a B.S. degree in Finance from New York University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Eric is head of leveraged loan trading, and also serves as a co-portfolio manager for the Leveraged Loan Strategy. Eric joined Seix as a trade flow administrator in 2000 and gained experience as a junior trader in the investment grade group from 2001 to 2006 before moving into his current position in the high yield leveraged loan group. Eric received a B.S. degree in Computer Operations from Seton Hall University.

Carlos is a portfolio manager focused on credit and head of investment grade credit research. Before joining the firm, Carlos was a vice president of the global banking energy group at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and responsible for rating agency relationships. Previously, Carlos was director and group leader of Standard & Poor’s oil and gas corporate ratings team. Carlos was responsible for the ratings of independent oil and gas producers, refiner & marketers, and oilfield service companies. In addition he led the corporate rating’s input into rating decisions for certain sovereign and selected project finance ratings. Prior to joining the rating agency, Carlos was a commercial banker having served in different analytical and lending relationship manager capacities as an officer at Credit Suisse US and First Fidelity (now Wells Fargo). Carlos received a B.S. degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Rutgers University, and received an M.B.A. degree in Finance (with concentration in International Business) & Accounting (with concentration in Financial Statement Analysis) from New York University.

Raymond is a seasoned leveraged finance research analyst with deep experience in the auto industry. In addition to the auto sector, he has research responsibilities for the chemicals and transportation industries. Prior to joining Seix, he was a high yield analyst with W. R. Huff Asset Management. As a specialist in capital goods, environmental and chemical industries, he developed proprietary modeling and scenario-testing systems to analyze companies and industries. Earlier in his career, he was a manager of business analysis at Cambrex Corporation and a business and planning analyst at Hoechst Celanese Corporation. He began his career as a process engineer at Allied Chemical Corp. Raymond received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers College of Engineering and an M.B.A. degree from Rutgers University. Raymond is a CFA Charterholder.

Susan is an experienced research analyst covering the healthcare, construction and REITs industries. Before joining Seix, Susan was Director of Ratings Services at Standard & Poor’s Corporation, where she was responsible for assigning and monitoring credit ratings of homebuilders, REITS and real estate operating companies.  Susan also held research analyst positions at Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., BT Alex Brown, Inc. and Prudential Securities, Inc.  She received a B.A. degree in Government from Georgetown University and an M.A. in International Relations from Boston University.

Kim is an experienced fixed income investment professional with responsibility for a number of key institutional client relationships. Before joining Seix in 2014 from StableRiver Capital Management, Kim served as a portfolio manager for both commingled trust funds and money market mutual funds, and portfolio manager and client portfolio manager for short-term/liquidity separately managed portfolios. In addition, under the predecessor firm Trusco Capital Management, Kim has served as a portfolio manager servicing separately managed equity portfolios as well as balanced portfolios utilizing commingled trust fund and mutual fund assets. Prior to joining Trusco in 1992, Kim began her career at Atlanta Capital Management where she worked for over 3 years. She has a wide range of investment experience including investment policy development, investment strategy, risk management assessment, asset allocation, fixed income trading, new business development and relationship management. Kim received a B.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from Emory University Goizueta Business School and a M.S. in Finance from Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business. She is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the Atlanta Society of Finance and Investment Professionals. Kim also holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 registrations.

Jon is a portfolio manager focused on credit and head of investment grade credit corporate bond trading. Before joining the firm, he was a natural gas commodities broker at PVM Oil Associates responsible for brokerage of domestic natural gas products & foreign & domestic crude oil. Prior to that, Jon was a member of capital markets group & energy derivatives group at Prebon Yamane (U.S.A.) Inc. responsible for brokerage of short term eurodollars & forward rate agreements and sales associate at JPMorgan Securities, Inc. working primarily on the investment grade corporate sales desk. Jon received a B.S. degree in History from Syracuse University.

Derek is a VP, Client Portfolio Manager for the leveraged finance platform. Prior to joining Seix in 2019, Derek was a Vice President at JP Morgan on the multi-asset portfolio management team focused on investments in Equities, Fixed Income, and Alternatives. Prior to JP Morgan, Derek was a Fixed Income Product Specialist at Goldman Sachs within the investment management division. Derek began his career at the LSTA (Loan Syndications & Trading Association) as a Market Analyst providing research to institutional clients on the leveraged loan market. Derek received a BBA in Finance with a minor in Computer Information Systems from Lehman College and is a CAIA Charterholder.

Scott is an experienced investment analyst focused on the securitized sector. Before joining Seix, Scott was a director at TIAA-CREF Asset Management where he was responsible for analysis, structuring, and monitoring of non-agency residential mortgage and asset-backed securities. Previously, he was an associate director in TIAA’s Credit Research Group responsible for credit analysis in the oil & gas, pipeline, utility, homebuilding and capital goods industries. Prior to that, Scott was an associate actuary with Watson Wyatt Worldwide, focusing on corporate defined benefit pension and retiree medical plans and asset liability modeling. Scott received a B.A. degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. degree (with Highest Honors) with concentrations in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago. Scott is a CFA Charterholder.

Andrea is an experienced research analyst covering the energy industry. She joined Seix after gaining experience with Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley. Her impressive industry experience includes Institutional Investor's recognition in sell side research, for four consecutive years (2002-2005), as a member of Bear Stearns’ high yield energy research team. Andrea was also responsible for maintaining projection models and written research on 30 companies in the coverage universe. At Morgan Stanley, she was a corporate banking associate focused on global cash management and monitoring the firm’s liquidity by managing cash flows and collateral. Andrea received a B.A. degree in Economics from Union College and an M.B.A. degree in Finance from Cornell University.

Leo is an experienced investment analyst specializing in emerging markets and non-dollar debt. Before joining Seix, Leo was an economist/strategist at Finisterre USA, Inc. where he was responsible for providing fundamental and political analysis on emerging market countries, focusing on external and domestic debt and foreign currency. Prior to that, he was a vice president in Citigroup Global Markets/Salomon Smith Barney where he was head of economic and political analysis for Columbia, Ecuador, Central America and the Caribbean. Leo advised global investors and local trading desks on foreign currency and Latin American debt, publishing extensively. He has been a speaker at economic and political forums in New York, London, Miami and major Latin American capitals. Leo received a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Costa Rica and received an M.B.A. degree from New York University.

David is an experienced leveraged finance research analyst covering the technology, media and telecom (TMT) industries. His impressive industry experience includes Institutional Investor’s #1 recognition for sell side research for three consecutive years (2000 – 2002) as lead analyst on JPMorgan’s high yield technology team. Prior to joining Seix, David was a leveraged finance TMT publishing analyst for Citigroup after serving as a desk analyst for similar sectors. Prior to Citigroup, he worked for Advent Capital as a TMT research analyst, co-portfolio manager and co-research director. David began his finance career at Chase Manhattan Bank in mergers & acquisitions as well as recovery & restructuring. After Chase Manhattan Bank merged with Chemical Bank (and subsequently merged with JPMorgan), he was a leveraged finance publishing analyst for the technology, healthcare, chemical, retail, supermarket and restaurant sectors. David received an MBA with distinction from the University of Michigan and a B.S. magna cum laude in computer science from Virginia Tech.

Brian is an experienced research analyst covering a number of industries including paper/packaging, food, gaming, and industrial services. Before joining Seix, Brian was a senior high yield analyst with Credit Suisse. In this role, he performed high yield credit analysis for portfolios totaling approximately $1 billion. Prior to that, he was both a high yield and tax-exempt credit analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. where he performed credit analysis of high yield securities for funds totaling over $7 billion. Brian has also held analyst positions at Eaton Vance, J.P. Morgan Chase and Prudential Healthcare. He received a B.S. degree in Management from the University of the West Indies and an M.B.A. degree with a concentration in Finance from Howard University. Brian is a CFA Charterholder.

John is a seasoned credit analyst having joined Seix with 16 years of fixed income investment experience. He was previously a senior vice president & research analyst at Dwight Asset Management Company LLC where he was responsible for covering global banks, brokers and finance companies across the credit curve. Earlier, he was a vice president and credit analyst for Lehman Brothers Asset Management and Allmerica Financial. He began his career as a global fixed income trading assistant at Putnam Investments. John received a B.S. degree in Finance from Villanova University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Maryland, R.H. Smith School of Business. John is a CFA Charterholder.

Ania is an experienced research analyst responsible for the aerospace, retail, utilities and consumer industries. Prior to joining the firm, she was the primary utilities/energy analyst on a team that managed a $28 billion domestic loan portfolio at Credit Suisse. Prior to that, she was a corporate banking associate at JP Morgan. Ania received a B.S. degree in Finance from DePaul University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Tom is an analyst focused on investment grade credit. He originally joined Seix as a trader for the high yield group. After 3 years at the firm, Tom joined the investment grade group as a trader/analyst for the corporate and sovereign debt team. In 2010, he was promoted to an investment grade credit analyst with specific responsibility for the healthcare, pharmaceutical and pipeline industries while also covering municipals. Tom received a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame and is a CFA Charterholder.

Bill is a seasoned credit analyst responsible for analyzing the credit worthiness and marking relative value investment recommendations for issuers in the following sectors: bank, insurance, and finance; capital goods as well as basic industries. He has worked in the investment management industry since 1987.Prior to joining StableRiver in 2009, Mr. Peck worked for Real India Enterprise, a private equity firm created to launch a fund that would invest capital in small- and medium-sized infrastructure-related entities in India. From 2001 to 2008, he worked as a senior credit analyst (public corporate securities) at ING Investment Management, where he was responsible for covering the automotive and transportation, as well as the consumer products and retailers sectors.Mr. Peck earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance & Investments from Babson College in 1987, followed by a Master of Business Administration degree from Suffolk University. He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Atlanta.

Daman is a research analyst covering the diversified media, services and leisure industries. Prior to joining Seix, Daman was a CDO associate in the alternative products – CDO group at BlackRock Financial Management where he was responsible for modeling and surveillance for the firm’s CDOs. Prior to BlackRock, Daman was a CDO analyst with the corporate trust services – structured finance group at Bank of New York. Daman received a B.A. in Computer Information Systems from Rutgers University.

David is a seasoned credit analyst having joined Seix with 29 years of fixed income investment experience. He was previously a senior vice president & research analyst at Columbia Management where he was responsible for investment grade credit analysis specializing in technology, media, telecommunications, railroads and consumer and retail industries. Earlier, he was a high yield analyst for Muzinich & Co. and Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management. He began his career as a commercial loan officer and member of the risk review group at Republic National Bank. David received a B.S. degree in Management from Binghamton University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Rhode Island.

John is the Managing Director of Structured Credit for the Leveraged Finance Platform, and focuses on our CLO business.  Prior to joining Seix in 2015, John was a Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Structured Products at CIFC Asset Management.  In that capacity, he oversaw various structured product portfolios and managed 15 CLO new issue/refinancing transactions.  Prior to CIFC, John was Head of CLO Banking at UBS, and prior to that, at Deutsche Bank, where he was responsible for CLO banking, structuring and origination.  He began his structured finance career at Goldman Sachs in the Credit Derivatives group.  In addition to CLOs, he also created financing structures for credit hedge funds, BDCs and asset managers, combining flexible leverage and term financing for long-short credit management.  John graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Yale University and has an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.  He also is a CFA Charterholder.

Bill is a senior trader in the global credit group. Bill joined Seix as a portfolio administrator and later assumed responsibility for overseeing non dollar positions in mutual funds and core plus accounts. Bill joined the wrap products and constrained group as an assistant trader and became the senior trader for the group. Subsequently, Bill joined the global and emerging markets group as a trader/analyst and is currently a senior trader for the global credit group. Bill received a B.A. degree in Finance with Honors from the Pennsylvania State University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Atul leads the firm’s quantitative analysis efforts. Before joining Seix, Atul was vice president of CDO management at New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) where he was responsible for structuring, modeling and performing ongoing analytics for NYLIM’s six CDOs. Prior to that, he was a quantitative analyst responsible for modeling NYLIM’s Fixed Income portfolios. Earlier in his career, he was at CSFB as an associate in the fixed income trading technology group. Atul received a B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and both an MBA degree and an M.S. degree from New York University.

Jeannell joined Seix as an analyst for the securitized assets group before moving into her current position of investment grade trader in the wrap products group. Prior to joining Seix, Jeannell was with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She received a B.A. degree in Humanities from Montclair State University.

Hai-Ying is a member of the quantitative analysis team at Seix. Before joining Seix, Hai-Ying was assistant vice president of quantitative analysis at Assurant, Inc. where she was responsible for return attribution, dollar duration analysis, relative value models, income forecast and attribution, stress test and scenario analysis for Assurant’s fixed income team. Prior to that, she was a performance measurement analyst responsible for producing performance reports on equity and fixed income portfolios along with working on the GIPS verification process. Hai-Ying received a B. A. degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Economics and Mathematics from Barnard College and an M.S. degree in Actuarial Science from Columbia University. She also is a CFA and CIPM Charterholder.

David is a high yield trader on the leveraged finance team. David originally joined Seix as a trade administrator in the operations group and moved to the high yield trading department in 2003. David received a B.S. degree in Finance from Rutgers University.

Robert is a trader and analyst on the Securitized Assets Team in the investment grade group. His primary focus is residential mortgage assets (MBS/CMO). Robert originally joined Seix as a trade administrator in the operations group and moved to the securitized asset trading team in 2009. Robert received a B.S. degree in Finance from Rutgers University in 2007.

Norm is an experienced high yield trader on the leveraged finance team and joined Seix in 2004. Prior to that, Norm was an associate director, OTC Trading at Bear Stearns & Co. Norm also gained significant experience at Atalanta/Sosnoff Capital Management in their operations and retail account management group. Norm received a B.S. degree in Finance from Montclair State College.

Frank is a trader on the leveraged finance team. Prior to joining Seix, Frank was a high yield/distressed/bank loan trading assistant at Cantor Fitzgerald. He also gained experience at Morgan Stanley in their Wealth Management group. Frank received a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Long Island University.

Bryan is a trader on the leveraged finance team. Prior to joining Seix in 2007, Bryan was a field representative with Certified Financial Services. Prior to that Bryan worked at Oppenheimer & Co. in the equity brokerage division. Bryan received a B.A. in Political Science from Montclair State University.