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Advisor Information for DTICX

Fund Inception11/29/1995
Name of IssuerNomura
Fund Advisor(s)Delaware Management Company
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Fund Managers for DTICX

Janaki Rao
Portfolio Manager since 05/06/2024
Janaki is Head of the US Multisector Team within Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) Credit, a role he assumed in May 2024. He has overall responsibility for MAM Credit’s US multisector capabilities, including the portfolios, the team, and client and business management. Prior to joining Macquarie, he was Director of US Multisector Fixed Income at AllianceBernstein from November 2019 to February 2023, responsible for managing multisector fixed income portfolios, including Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) and agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolios. Before that, he was AllianceBernstein’s Head of Agency MBS from March 2013 to November 2019, and prior to that spent seven years at Morgan Stanley as Vice President of Agency MBS Research. Janaki received a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in economics from the University of Delhi, a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College
Mansur Rasul
Portfolio Manager since 12/01/2025
Mansur Z. Rasul Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager Mansur Z. Rasul is a senior portfolio manager for the firm’s emerging markets credit strategy, a role he assumed in July 2016. He rejoined the firm in April 2012 as head of emerging markets trading. During his previous time at Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) from 2004 to 2007, he was an analyst on the firm’s fixed income team. From May 2011 to December 2011, Rasul worked with ING Financial Markets, where he was responsible for emerging markets credit trading and structuring. Prior to that, he worked for Daiwa Capital Markets America as director of the firm’s fixed income syndicate, responsible for the placement of all fixed income products to US-based accounts from 2009 to 2011. Previously, he worked with Merrill Lynch as an associate responsible for Asian credit trading from 2007 to 2009. Rasul received his bachelor’s degree in economics, with a minor in political science, from Northwestern University.
Kashif Ishaq
Portfolio Manager since 12/01/2025
Kashif Ishaq Managing Director, Head of Credit Trading, Portfolio Manager Kashif Ishaq is global head of corporate bond trading for Macquarie Investment Management Fixed Income (MFI). He plays an integral role in the investment process, managing investment grade corporate bond exposure within MFI’s portfolios and performing relative value analysis across corporate curves and capital structures. He is also responsible for managing all corporate credit traders and maintaining key industry relationships. He started his fixed income career with Macquarie Investment Management as a portfolio analyst on the firm’s insurance portfolio management team before taking a position as an investment grade trader. For the three years prior to joining MIM in August 2005, he participated in Lincoln Financial Group’s rotational Professional Development Program. He started the program as a financial analyst in the Hartford office, followed by a position in information technology, and lastly he spent a year in the client services department of Delaware Investments. Ishaq received his bachelor’s degree in corporate finance and accounting from Bentley College.