Fund Inception | 11/01/2007 |
Name of Issuer | Transamerica |
Fund Advisor(s) | Transamerica Asset Management, Inc |
Sub-Advisor(s) | Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC |
Fund Managers for ITAAX
Brian Westhoff
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2016
Brian Westhoff, CFA, is the head of US multi-sector & investment grade and is a portfolio manager for multi-sector, emerging markets and LDI strategies. Prior to his current role, he worked as a fixed income investment analyst at St. Paul Companies. He also held roles in equity research with Credit Suisse Asset Management in London and Merrill Lynch in Argentina. Brian has been in the industry since 1997 and started with the firm and its affiliates in 2003. He received his BS in business administration from Drake University and his MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He is a
Tyler Knight
Portfolio Manager since 05/24/2017
Tyler Knight, CFA, is head of US public structured finance responsible for the overall strategy and portfolio management of structured finance-related strategies as well as leading a team of US structured finance investment managers. He is also a portfolio manager for multi-sector strategies. Prior to his current role, he structured CMBS transactions and supported CMBS trading on the Bear Stearns trading desk. Tyler also supported transaction closing deal teams in the Structured Finance Advisory Services group at Ernst & Young LLP. He has been in the industry since 2004 and started with the firm in 2008. Tyler received his BBA in finance from the University of Iowa. He is a CFA® charterholder.
Norbert King
Portfolio Manager since 05/24/2017
Norbert King is head of investment grade credit and a portfolio manager responsible for investment grade credit strategies. He is also a portfolio manager for multi-sector portfolios and LDI mandates. Prior to his current role, Norbert was a senior portfolio manager responsible for portfolio construction and buy and sell decisions across investment grade and multi-sector mandates. Norbert began his career with the firm as a credit trader responsible for trading across all investment grade credit and multi-sector mandates. He has been in the industry since and started with the firm and its affiliates in 2011. Norbert received his BA in accounting from the University of Lynchburg and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Villanova University.
Sivakumar Rajan
Portfolio Manager since 11/30/2022
Siva Rajan is head of multi-sector portfolio management and manages various strategies across the duration and credit spectrum. He is also a portfolio manager on investment grade credit strategies and government securities mandates. Prior to his current role, Siva held various roles in the portfolio management and quantitative solutions teams. Before joining the firm, Siva was a credit analyst at HSBC, and prior to that he was an engineering associate. He has been in the industry since 2004 and started with the firm in 2007. Siva received his BE in electronics engineering from Madras University, India, and his MS in electrical engineering and MA in economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.