Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund 

Peter is the CIO and a senior portfolio manager at Stone Harbor Investment Partners. Previously, he was the CIO of North American fixed income and a senior portfolio manager at Citigroup Asset Management. Prior to that, he was the head of fixed income and a senior portfolio manager at Salomon Brothers Asset Management and a portfolio manager and the director of credit research at Prudential Investment. Peter earned a B.B.A. and M.B.A. from Pace University, holds the Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst designations, and is a member of the CFA Society New York.

James is a senior portfolio manager at Stone Harbor Investment Partners. Previously, he served as a managing director and senior portfolio manager for emerging debt portfolios at Citigroup Asset Management. In addition, he served as a managing director and senior portfolio manager at Salomon Brothers and as an assistant portfolio manager and quantitative analyst at Shearson Lehman Advisors. James began his career as a trading associate at Lehman Brothers in 1989. He earned a B.S. from the University of Vermont, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of the CFA Society New York.

Marianne is a senior portfolio manager at Stone Harbor Investment Partners. Previously, she served as a senior portfolio manager of U.S. and global high-yield funds for BNP Paribas Asset Management, and prior to that, she was head of global high yield and senior portfolio manager at BNY Asset Management and UBS Global Asset Management, a senior high-yield analyst and assistant portfolio manager at Credit Suisse, and a high-yield analyst at Prudential Investment. Marianne began her career in 1982 as an equity analyst at Kidder Peabody. She earned a B.A. from New York University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

David is a portfolio manager at Stone Harbor Investment Partners specializing in multi-sector strategies and investment-grade debt. Prior to joining the firm, he was a managing director and senior portfolio manager at Citigroup Asset Management, where he directed investment policy and strategy for investment-grade U.S. fixed-income portfolios. He was also an investment policy committee member at Salomon Brothers Asset Management, where he managed structured portfolios for the firm’s bond portfolio analysis group. David earned a B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University.

Stuart is a portfolio manager at Stone Harbor Investment Partners specializing in emerging-market debt, global sovereign debt, and asset allocation strategy. Prior to joining the firm, he was head of emerging-market desk strategy at Goldman Sachs and, prior to that, was global head of emerging-market macro strategy at JPMorgan/Chase. Previously, he was a research assistant in U.S. macro research at PaineWebber and an assistant economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He earned a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.A. from Boston University. 

Kumaran is a portfolio manager at Stone Harbor Investment Partners specializing in emerging-market debt, global sovereign debt, and asset allocation strategy. Prior to joining the firm, he was the lead emerging-market macro portfolio manager at GLG Partners and, prior to that, was an emerging-market portfolio manager at PIMCO. In addition, Kumaran was a trader in Latin American local market rates at Lehman Brothers and, prior to that, held various positions at Credit Suisse. He earned an A.B. from Princeton University and a Ph.D. at Cambridge University.