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Fund manager biographies
Name
David Oberto
Since
01 March 2022
Bio
David Oberto is a lead portfolio manager, income and growth at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, he was a portfolio manager and director at Allianz Global Investors, where he held portfolio management, research and trading responsibilities for the income and growth strategies team. and served as portfolio manager for the U.S. High Yield Bond strategy and was also responsible for managing multiple closed-end and open-end mutual funds. Prior to that, he was a portfolio administrator, a credit default swaps (CDS) account manager and a trade-closer at Bain Capital. David earned a BSBA with a concentration in finance and a minor in economics from Fordham University and an MS in finance from the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.
Name
Ethan Turner
Since
15 March 2023
Bio
Ethan Turner is a portfolio manager, income and growth at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, he was an analyst and vice president at Allianz Global Investors, where he held research responsibilities for the income and growth strategies team and was previously a trading assistant. Prior to that, Ethan was a lead analyst covering the financial sector at Relational Investors and a financial analyst at Sunstone Hotel Investors. Ethan earned a BS from San Diego State University and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a CFA® Charterholder.
Name
Justin Kass
Since
01 March 2022
Bio
Justin Kass is chief investment officer, co-head of income and growth at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, he was a portfolio manager, managing director, CIO and co-head of U.S. income and growth strategies at Allianz Global Investors, where he held portfolio management, research and trading responsibilities for the income and strategies team. Prior to that at Allianz Global Investors, Justin held portfolio manager responsibilities for the U.S. convertible strategy and was a lead portfolio manager for the income and growth strategy since its inception and was also responsible for managing multiple closed-end and open-end mutual funds. Justin earned a BS from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a CFA® Charterholder.
Name
William (Brit) Stickney
Since
01 March 2022
Bio
William (Brit) Stickney is co-head of income and growth at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, he was a portfolio manager, managing director and co-head at Allianz Global Investors, where he held portfolio management and research responsibilities for the income and growth strategies team. Prior to that, he was a vice president of institutional fixed-income sales with ABN AMRO, Inc., where his primary focus was on high yield corporate securities. Previously, he worked for Cowen & Company and Wayne Hummer & Company. Brit earned a BS in finance from Miami University, Ohio and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Name
Michael Yee
Since
01 March 2022
Bio
Michael Yee is a lead portfolio manager, income and growth at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, Michael was a portfolio manager and managing director at Allianz Global Investors, where he held portfolio management, research and trading responsibilities for the income and growth strategies team. He also served as a lead portfolio manager for the income and growth strategy since inception and was responsible for managing multiple closed-end and open-end mutual funds. Prior to that, Michael was an analyst for the global and systematic team with responsibilities focused on U.S. large cap equity strategies and worked in global portfolio administration and client service. Previously, he was a financial consultant for Priority One Financial/Liberty Foundation. Michael earned a BS from the University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from San Diego Stat e University.
Fund objective
Long term capital growth and income by investing in corporate Debt Securities and Equities of US and/or Canadian equity and bond markets. This Sub-Fund is not managed by us in reference to a Benchmark. We follow an active management approach. Min. 70% of Sub-Fund assets are invested by us in Equities and/or bonds as described in the investment objective. Max. 70 % of Sub-Fund assets may be invested by us in Equities in accordance with the investment objective. Sub-Fund assets may be completely invested by us in bonds as described in the investment objective, however, convertible bonds are limited to max. 70% of Sub-Fund assets. Max. 70% of Sub-Fund assets may be invested by us in High-Yield bonds bearing a typically higher risk and higher potential of gains, however, within this limit Sub- Fund assets may be invested in bonds that are only rated CC (Standard & Poor's) or lower (including max. 10% of Sub-Fund assets in defaulted securities). Max. 30% of Sub-Fund assets may be invested by us in Emerging Markets. Max. 20 % of Sub-Fund assets may be invested by us in ABS and/or MBS. Max. 25% Sub- Fund assets may be held in deposits and/or may be invested directly in Money Market Instruments and/or (up to 10% of Sub- Fund assets) in money market funds. Max. 20% non-USD Currency Exposure. Sub-Fund classifies as “mixed-fund” according to German Investment Tax Act (GITA) since at least 25% of Sub-Fund assets are permanently physically invested in an Equity Participation according to Art. 2 Section 8 GITA. Exposure to the base currency of the fund (USD) will be hedged to a large extent against the reference currency of the shareclass (AUD) which reduces the potential risks and limits potential gains from exchange rate movements. You may redeem shares of the fund usually on each business day. We usually distribute the income of the fund on a monthly basis. Recommended Holding Period: 4 Years Derivatives may be used to offset exposure to price fluctuations (hedging), to take advantage of price differences between two or more markets (arbitrage) or to multiply gains although it may also multiply losses (leverage). SFDR Category – Article 6 (a financial product that does not consider the EU criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities)