Fund Inception | 06/14/1996 |
Name of Issuer | SEI |
Fund Advisor(s) | SEI Investments Management Corp |
Sub-Advisor(s) | Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC. Jennison Associates LLC MetLife Investment Management, LLC Allspring Global Investments, LLC |
Fund Managers for SCOAX
Bryan Whalen
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2004
Mr. Whalen is Co-Chief Investment Officer and a Generalist Portfolio Manager in TCW’s Fixed Income Group, a team that oversees over $180 billion in fixed income assets including the over $60 billion MetWest Total Return Bond Fund, one of the largest actively managed bond funds in the world. Prior to joining TCW, Mr. Whalen was a Partner at Metropolitan West Asset Management and Co-head of its Securitized Products division. Prior to joining MetWest in 2004, he was a Director in the Fixed Income department at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Previously, he was a Vice President at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Whalen earned a BA in Economics from Yale University. He is a CFA charterholder.
Eric Staudt
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2011
Eric Staudt is a fixed income credit portfolio manager. He joined Jennison in 2010. Previously, Eric worked at UBS Global Asset Management, most recently as a senior fixed income portfolio manager. Prior to joining UBS Global Asset Management, Eric was a senior financial analyst and portfolio manager at Household International. He earned a BA in economics from the University of Illinois and an MBA from DePaul University. Eric is a CFA charterholder.
Miriam Zussman
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2012
Miriam Zussman is a fixed income credit portfolio manager. She joined Jennison in 2004 as a fixed income portfolio manager. Previously, Miriam provided her credit expertise on a full time basis to Jennison as an outside consultant. Miriam reassumed her current position in 2012. Prior to that, Miriam was with UBS Paine Webber Group where she was a credit analyst. Prior to UBS Paine Webber Group, she spent three years as the director of credit research and portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman, LLC. She earned a BS in business and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Richard Bamford
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2014
Richard A. Bamford serves as a Portfolio Manager for the Fixed Income Team within SIMC's Investment Management Unit. Mr. Bamford is responsible for investment grade debt and municipal bond portfolios. Mr. Bamford's duties include manager analysis and selection, strategy development and enhancement as well as investment research. Mr. Bamford has over 20 years of investment experience in investment management. Prior to joining SEI in 1999, Mr. Bamford worked as a Municipal Credit Analyst for Vanguard. Mr. Bamford received a Bachelor of Science in Economics/Finance and Accounting from the University of Scranton and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from St. Joseph's University.
Samuel Kaplan
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2016
Sam Kaplan is a fixed income rates and securitized portfolio manager. He is responsible for overseeing the investment process, strategy implementation, and risk management for Jennison’s yield curve decisions. He joined Jennison in 2008 as a fixed income trader before assuming his current role as a portfolio manager in 2016. Previously, Sam was a salesperson with Lehman Brothers in their interest rate product division. He earned a BS in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Sam is a CFA charterholder.
James Gaul
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2016
Jake Gaul is the head of fixed income and a fixed income credit portfolio manager. He is responsible for overseeing the investment process, strategy implementation, and risk management for Jennison’s credit decisions. Jake is also a member of the Jennison Management Team. He joined Jennison in 2016 as a portfolio manager and became CIO of fixed income in 2020. Previously, Jake was with Standish Mellon Asset Management Company, where he served as the director of investment grade credit and a credit portfolio manager. Prior to joining Standish, Jake spent two years as a corporate bond analyst at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie. He earned a BA in government from Colby College. Jake is a CFA charterholder.
Jarad Vasquez
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2017
Jarad Vasquez is a senior portfolio manager and co-head of the Core Fixed Income team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to joining WFAM, Jarad was a trader at Susquehanna International Group, where he traded mortgage-backed securities in a proprietary relative-value strategy and equity options as a specialist on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He began his investment industry career in 2001. Jarad earned a bachelor’s degree in management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Maulik Bhansali
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2017
Maulik Bhansali is a senior portfolio manager and co-head of the Core Fixed Income team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to his current role, Maulik served as an equity research analyst responsible for quantitative modeling and portfolio construction in addition to fundamental analysis for various equity teams. Before joining WFAM, he served as a retirement actuary at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. He began his investment industry career in 2001. Maulik earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and international studies, graduating cum laude, from Yale University and a master’s degree in financial engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation.
Dmitri Rabin
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2019
Dmitri Rabin is a fixed income rates and securitized portfolio manager. He is responsible for overseeing the investment process, strategy implementation, and risk management for Jennison’s structured product decisions. He joined Jennison in 2019. Previously, he was with Loomis Sayles, where he held multiple positions including co-head of the mortgage and structured finance group. Prior to Loomis Sayles, he was an analyst at Pine Cobble Capital and Cambridge Place Investment Management. Dmitri earned a BA in computer science and economics, with high distinction, from Amherst College, and an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a CFA charterholder.
David Morse
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2020
David Morse is a fixed income credit portfolio manager. He joined Jennison in 2020. Previously, David was managing director of global credit and head of credit research at Mellon Investment Management. David joined Mellon as an associate portfolio manager, and has held several different positions spanning trading, research, and portfolio management. Prior to Mellon Investment Management, David worked at Merrill Lynch as a private wealth analyst in their private banking and investment group. He earned a BA from Lafayette College and an MBA and MSF from Boston College. David is a CFA charterholder.
Anthony Karaminas
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2021
Anthony Karaminas, CFA, serves as Head of SIMC Fixed Income & Multi-Asset, within SIMC's Investment Management Unit. In this role, Mr. Karaminas is responsible for Portfolio Management leadership and oversight duties for the entirety of the SIMC Fixed Income & Multi-Asset Business. Prior to joining SEI, he was an associate portfolio manager/analyst within the Multi-Manager Solution team at UBS Asset Management. He previously held the role of Sector Head of Global Fixed Income and Global High Yield funds research in London with S&P Capital IQ; prior to that, he served as an analyst in Melbourne, Australia. Anthony was also a senior analyst at Goldman Sachs JBWere. Anthony earned a Bachelor of Business (with honors) from Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.
Nilay Shah
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2021
Nilay Shah serves as a Portfolio Manager for the Opportunistic Income and Core Fixed Income Funds. Mr. Shah's duties include manager due diligence and selection for SEI's fixed income fund management and separate account business with a primary focus on US investment-grade and high yield strategies. Mr. Shah joined SEI in 2005 and has over 15 years of investment experience. Mr. Shah received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Economics from Drexel University and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Saint Joseph's University.
Natalia Glekel
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2022
Natalia Glekel is a fixed income credit portfolio manager. She joined Jennison in 2022. Previously, Natalia was a credit analyst at Amundi US, covering US investment grade, high yield, and loan credits. Prior to joining Amundi US, she was a fixed income analyst at Aberdeen Standard Investments, where she covered US high yield and US investment grade credit. Natalia earned a BS in finance from Suffolk University and an MSF from Boston College Carroll Graduate School of Management. She is a CFA charterholder.
Jerry Cudzil
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2023
a portfolio manager of the Total Return Bond Fund. Mr. Cudzil, a Group Managing Director, is a Generalist Portfolio Manager for the U.S. Fixed Income Group. Previously, Mr. Cudzil was Head of Credit Trading, overseeing the U.S. Fixed Income Group’s trading of investment-grade corporate bonds, high-yield bonds, leveraged loans, and credit derivatives. Prior to joining TCW in 2012, Mr. Cudzil was a Yield Bond Trader for Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, specializing in project finance, aviation, and energy securities. He was previously a Portfolio Manager for Dimaio Ahmad Capital, managing the multi-strategy credit fund and aviation fund and leading the firm’s risk management team. Mr. Cudzil began his career as a Corporate Bond Trader for Prudential Securities and has also traded investment grade and high yield debt for Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs.
Ruben Hovhannisyan
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2023
Mr. Hovhannisyan is an Associate Generalist Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income Group, a team that oversees over $180 billion in fixed income assets including the over $60 billion MetWest Total Return Bond Fund, one of the largest actively managed bond funds in the world. Prior to his current role, he served as a Senior Portfolio Analyst working alongside the Generalist Portfolio Managers. Mr. Hovhannisyan joined TCW from Metropolitan West Asset Management company, where he spent two years as a collateralized debt obligations specialist and member of the portfolio risk management group. Prior to joining MetWest in 2007, he was an associate at KPMG Structured Finance Group where he was engaged in various projects analyzing structured products. Mr. Hovhannisyan holds a BA in Business/Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a CFA charterholder.
Joshua Lofgren
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2023
Joshua Lofgren is a portfolio manager on the High-Grade team for MetLife Investment Management (MIM) Public Fixed Income. In this role, he leads the Corporate Strategy, the Intermediate Corporate Strategy, and the Long Short Credit Strategy, and is a co-portfolio manager on the Core and Core Plus Strategies.
Joshua joined MIM in September 2017, in connection with the acquisition of Logan Circle Partners (LCP) by MetLife. Prior to joining LCP in 2012, he worked in the securities division at Goldman Sachs in New York for nine years, working with institutional clients across a range of credit products, including investment grade and high yield credit, in both cash and derivative form. He has over 19 years of industry experience.
Joshua has a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Richmond. He is a CFA® charterholder
Griffin Sullivan
Portfolio Manager since 09/30/2024
Griffin Sullivan is a fixed income credit portfolio manager. He joined Jennison in 2007. Prior to his current role, he was a fixed income trader and before that he was in the firm's operations group. Griffin earned a BA from Colgate University, where he double majored in political science and philosophy & religion. He is a CFA charterholder.