Mr. McAdams currently serves as President of PIA. From PIA’s formation in 1986 until 2018 he served as the firm’s Chief Investment Officer. Mr. McAdams is a board member of Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp., a publicly-traded company which manages a portfolio of mortgage securities for its shareholders. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. McAdams served as the Chairman and CEO of Syndicated Capital, Inc., the former distributor of the PIA Mutual Funds.. Before joining PIA, Mr. McAdams held the positions of President of Security Pacific Investment Managers, Inc., Senior Vice President of Trust Company of the West, and an Investment Officer with the State of Tennessee. Mr. McAdams has served as a Board member of the California Public Employees Retirement System (“CALPERS”). Since 1997, Mr. McAdams has also been the founder, Chairman and CEO of Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp, a NYSE listed company (“ANH”) that manages a portfolio of mortgage backed securities for its mostly institutional shareholders. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst Charter Holder, and a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist. Mr. McAdams holds a B.S. in Statistics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the University of Tennessee

Mr. Hargaden is a portfolio manager and credit research analyst, where he specializes in financial institutions, utilities, asset-backed securities and municipal bonds. Mr. Hargaden’s prior experience at PIA includes managing fixed income trading. Prior to joining PIA in 1989, Mr. Hargaden served in the Audit and Tax Services divisions of Ernst & Whinney and KPMG Peat Marwick. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Hsin Tong, CFA, is Vice President and Portfolio Manager. Ms. Tong is a portfolio manager and analyst of PIA focusing on institutional separately managed accounts. Ms. Tong has been an employee of the Adviser since 2005. She earned a MS degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Electronics Engineering from Shantou University in China, where she was a four-year member of the Dean’s List.