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The investment seeks current income exempt from regular federal income tax. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in municipal debt securities. It invests in an actively managed, diversified portfolio of tax-exempt municipal debt securities. The fund invests in investment grade securities. It may also invest up to 10% of its net assets in taxable municipal debt securities. Normally, the fund will have a dollar-weighted average maturity of three years or less.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Sanjit Gill | Director | 2023 | Now |
Biography | Sanjit Gill is a Director and joined MacKay Shields in 2021. Prior to joining, he was a retail high grade and electronic trader at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Psychology from Baruch College in 2016 and a Master’s in Applied Mathematics from Hunter College in 2021. He is a CFA Charterholder, and has been in the financial services industry since 2016. | ||
John Lawlor | Managing Director | 2019 | Now |
Biography | John is a trader and Portfolio Manager on the municipal bond team focused on high yield. John joined MacKay Shields in 2016. Before joining the firm he was Vice President Equity Sales at Deutsche Bank and was previously at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. From 1997-2011, he was a senior trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. John has a broad and diverse set of skills in sales, trading, and electronic trading platforms. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Lehigh University and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from American University. He has been in the financial services industry since 1997. | ||
Frances Lewis | Senior Managing Director | 2015 | Now |
Biography | Frances joined MacKay Shields in July 2009 and is currently a Senior Managing Director. Before joining the firm she was Director of Research for Mariner Municipal Managers and was previously at Merrill Lynch. Frances began her municipal analyst career in 1991 at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers where she was a Senior Fund Analyst covering various sectors of the municipal market, becoming a Director in the Municipal Research Group in 1997. Frances earned an MBA in Finance from Boston University and a BS in Economics from the University of Michigan. | ||
Scott Sprauer | Managing Director | 2015 | Now |
Biography | Scott is a Senior Managing Director. He is joined MacKay Shields in 2009. Before joining the firm he was Head Trader, Fixed Income, at Financial Guaranty Insurance Company. Scott was previously with Dreyfus Corporation and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers as a Municipal Bond Portfolio Manager/Trader. He has a BSBA from Villanova University. Scott has been in the investment management industry since 1991. | ||
David M. Dowden | Managing Director | 2015 | Now |
Biography | David Dowden is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at MacKay Shields. He joined MacKay Shields in 2009. Before joining the firm he was Chief Investment Officer at Financial Guaranty Insurance Company. David was previously with Alliance Capital Management as a Senior Portfolio Manager and at Merrill Lynch & Co. as a Municipal Strategist. David has an AB from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia University. He has been in the investment management industry since 1989. | ||
Robert A. DiMella | Executive Managing Director | 2015 | Now |
Biography | Robert joined MacKay Shields in July 2009 when the firm acquired the assets of Mariner Municipal Managers LLC. He was the President and co-founder of Mariner Municipal Managers from 2007 to 2009. He has been a municipal portfolio manager since 1992, with a broad range of trading and portfolio management experience in the municipal markets. Robert was a Managing Director and Co-Head of BlackRock’s Municipal Portfolio Management Group (from 2006 to 2007). Prior to BlackRock’s merger with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, he served as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of the Municipal Products Group. He was employed by Merrill Lynch from 1993 to 2006. Robert is a member of the firm’s Senior Leadership Team. He earned his Master’s degree at Rutgers University Business School and an undergraduate degree at the University of Connecticut. He is a CFA Charterholder. | ||
John M. Loffredo | Managing Director | 2015 | 2023 |
Biography | John joined MacKay Shields in July 2009 as Co-Head of MacKay Municipal Managers when the firm acquired the assets of Mariner Municipal Managers LLC. In addition, John was named Vice Chairman in September 2022 and oversees the firm’s investment teams. Before joining MacKay, he was the Chairman and co-founder of Mariner Municipal Managers from 2007 to 2009. He has been a municipal portfolio manager and/or municipal analyst since 1990, with a broad range of portfolio management and analytic experience in the municipal markets. John was a Managing Director and Co-Head of BlackRock’s Municipal Portfolio Management Group (from 2006 to 2007). Prior to BlackRock’s merger with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), he served as Chief Investment Officer of the Municipal Products Group. He was employed by Merrill Lynch from 1990 to 2006. Before Merrill Lynch, he worked for the City of Boston Treasury Department. John is a member of the firm’s Senior Leadership Team. He graduated with an MBA and Certificate of Public Management from Boston University and with a Bachelors degree in Finance, cum laude, from Utah State University where he was a Harry S. Truman Scholar. He is a CFA Charterholder. | ||
Michael Petty | Senior Managing Director | 2015 | 2023 |
Biography | Mike joined MacKay Shields in July 2009. Before joining the firm he was a Portfolio Manager for Mariner Municipal Managers. He has been a municipal bond portfolio manager since 1992, and has worked in the municipal products market since 1985. Mike has a broad array of trading, portfolio management, and sales experience. Prior to joining Mariner Municipal Managers, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Dreyfus Corporation from 1997 to 2009. From 1992 to 1997, he served as a Portfolio Manager for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Mike graduated from Hobart College with a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics. | ||
Dan C. Roberts | Executive Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer and Head of Global Fi | 2011 | 2018 |
Biography | Dan C. Roberts is an Executive Managing Director, Head of the Global Fixed Income Group and its Chief Investment Officer. His responsibilities include spearheading macro-economic research, managing portfolios that utilize asset allocation and chairing GFI’s Investment Policy Committee (IPC). Directing the IPC is Dan’s most important investment responsibility as this Committee is the foundation of the GFI team-based approach to managing portfolios. It sets all portfolio strategy within the context of the team’s macro view and monitors compliance with its decisions. No significant positions are taken in any portfolio without the approval of the IPC. The IPC’s voting members are GFI’s four most senior investment professionals, who have worked together for nearly two decades. Dan joined MacKay Shields in 2004 when the firm acquired the fixed income business of Pareto Partners, where he had served as Chief Investment Officer. Dan first began assembling his team in 1989, when he was appointed head of fixed income at UBS Asset Management. In 1997 the team joined Forstmann-Leff International and was subsequently purchased by Pareto Partners in 2000. Prior to UBS, Dan worked at Chase Manhattan Bank, initially as a Financial Economist before being named head of Global Interest Rate and Currency Swaps Trading. Before joining the private sector, Dan served at The White House with the President’s Council of Economic Advisors from 1981 to 1983, was the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Congress’ Joint Economic Committee from 1984 to 1985 and was an economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1977 to 1978. Dan holds a BBA and a PhD from University of Iowa. He has been working in the investment industry since 1977. | ||
Louis N. Cohen | Managing Director | 2011 | 2018 |
Biography | Louis N. Cohen, CFA, is a Senior Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for the Global Fixed Income Team. Lou joined MacKay Shields in 2004 and is a voting member of the Global Fixed Income Investment Policy Committee. His duties include being the lead portfolio manager for portfolios utilizing asset allocation strategies such as Core/Core Plus. In addition to managing Core Plus portfolios, Lou also manages leveraged loans and oversees all dedicated corporate portfolios. Lou has been with Dan Robert’s team since 1991 when he joined UBS Asset Management as a Core/Core Plus portfolio manager, where he also served as Director of Research and co-chaired the Credit Committee. Lou’s extensive credit experience began at Bankers Trust in 1978 in that firm’s Commercial Banking Department. In 1981, he moved to Kidder Peabody as a fixed income Credit Analyst. Prior to joining Dan at UBS Asset Management, he also served as a fixed income credit manager at several notable Wall Street firms, including Shearson, Drexel Burnham Lambert and Paine Webber. Lou received his BA and MBA from New York University and is a CFA charterholder. He is past President of the Capital Markets Credit Analyst Society and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. He has been working in the investment industry since 1978. |
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