Mr. Gahagan, Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, joined American Century Investments in 1983.  He became a portfolio manager in 1991. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

Platz is vice president and a senior portfolio manager with American Century, his employer since October 2003. Prior to joining American Century, Platz was a vice president, senior portfolio manager for Standish Mellon Asset Management, formerly Certus Asset Advisors, since August 1995. He received a bachelor’s degree in history and political economies of industrial societies from the University of California – Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He is a CFA charterholder.

Miguel Castillo is a vice president and portfolio manager for American Century Investments®. Mr. Castillo, who joined the company in 2008 as a portfolio research analyst in the Portfolio Advisory Group, served as senior fixed income trader prior to becoming portfolio manager. Mr. Castillo is a member of the Rates and Currency Markets team within the firm's Fixed Income group, where he contributes his expertise to the management of a number of fixed income strategies. Before joining American Century Investments, he was a fixed income trader with Banco de Mexico, where he implemented monetary policy. He has worked in the investment industry since 2002. Mr. Castillo holds a bachelor's degree in banking and finance from Escuela Bancaria Y Comercial, Mexico City, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.

Steve co-leads the Rates & Currency Markets team within Global Fixed Income and is a member of the Global Fixed Income Investment Committee, which sets investment outlook for the Global Fixed Income group. Steve also serves as a senior portfolio manager on several fixed income strategies, including Global Fixed Income, U.S. Inflation-Adjusted Bond, U.S. Inflation Protection Bond, and U.S. Short Duration Inflation Protection Bond. Prior to joining American Century in 2024, Steve was a portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price and the co-head of the Global Interest Rate and Currency strategy team. Previously, he was a director of portfolio management with Fannie Mae. He started in the industry in 1999 as an analyst at Cambridge Associates. Steve earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from George Washington University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He is a CFA© charterholder and member of the CFA Institute.