Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund 

Peter is the chief investment officer (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 Company. Peter earned a B.B.A. and M.B.A. from Pace University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, 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. 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.