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The investment seeks to provide shareholders with high current income as its primary objective and, as its secondary objective, capital growth. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield debt instruments (commonly referred to as "junk" bonds or securities). It may invest up to 25% of its net assets in debt instruments of foreign issuers. The fund may invest in debt instruments of any maturity and does not seek to maintain a particular dollar-weighted average maturity.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Spencer Sutcliffe | Portfolio Manager/Senior Analyst | 2024 | Now |
Biography | Spencer Sutcliffe is a portfolio manager and senior analyst for the High-Yield Fixed-Income Sector Team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 2010. Previously, Spencer was a senior high-yield analyst for Principal Global Investors. He has additional experience as an assistant vice president for 40/86 Advisors and as a financial Analyst for Conseco. Spencer has been in the investment industry since 2001. He holds a B.B.A. in economics from Marshall University and received an MBA in finance from Butler University. | ||
Daniel J. DeYoung | Financial Planner | 2019 | Now |
Biography | Mr. DeYoung began his investment career in 2005 and earned a B.S. from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. | ||
Brian J. Lavin | Analyst | 2010 | Now |
Biography | Brian Lavin is a senior portfolio manager and head of the U.S. High Yield Fixed-Income Sector team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Mr. Lavin joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in April 1994 as a credit analyst covering high yield bonds, was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 1999 and to portfolio manager in 2000. Previously, Mr. Lavin was a high yield analyst at Van Kampen Merrit. He has experience in both non-investment-grade and investment-grade issuers and has covered a variety of industries. He has been in the investment industry since 1986. Mr. Lavin received a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. | ||
Jennifer Ponce de Leon | Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of US High Yield and Co-Head of Global Hi | 2010 | 2019 |
Biography | Jennifer Ponce de Leon is a senior portfolio manager and head of High Yield Fixed Income at Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC. She joined the firm in 1997 as a senior credit analyst covering high yield bonds and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2000. She assumed her current capacity in 2003. Ms. Ponce de Leon has been a member of the investment community, specializing in high yield bonds, since 1989. She was previously employed at T. Rowe Price Associates as a vice president and senior credit analyst covering high yield bonds. Prior to that, she held a similar position at Stein Roe & Farnham. She graduated from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, with a B.A. in business administration in 1989, and received an M.B.A with a concentration in finance from De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois in 1995. | ||
Scott Schroepfer | Portfolio Manager | 1999 | 2010 |
Biography | Scott Schroepfer, CFA, Portfolio Manager Managed the Fund since 2008. Sector Manager on high yield fixed income sector team. Joined RiverSource Investments in 1990. Began investment career in 1986. MBA, University of Minnesota. | ||
Jack Utter | Portfolio Manager | 1983 | 2001 |
Biography | Utter is a portfolio manager with American Express Financial Services, his employer since 1962. He first joined the firm as a research analyst. Utter holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Twin Cities Society of Security Analysts. |
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