Francis Ok is a Managing Director at MacKay Shields LLC and has been with the firm or its predecessors since 1994. Mr. Ok is also responsible for managing and running the equity trading desk. He is a Senior Vice President, Head of Trading at Cornerstone. Francis is also a Lead Portfolio Manager, responsible for the firm’s Passive Equity index strategies. Prior to joining Cornerstone, he managed the trading desk at Monitor Capital Advisors LLC. He has over 22 years of industry experience and has been working in the investment industry since 1994. Francis received his BS in Economics from Northeastern University.

Mr. Barrato has managed the MainStay VP IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Portfolio since inception. Mr. Barrato joined IndexIQ Advisors LLC as a Vice President in November 2010 and has been a Senior Vice President of the IndexIQ Advisors LLC since August 2013. Prior to joining IndexIQ Advisors LLC, Mr. Barrato served as Head Global Equity Trader and Trader at Lucerne Capital Management, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and as Assistant Trader and Operations Manager at ReachCapital Management, LP from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Barrato is a 2002 graduate of the University of Connecticut.