William Blair Investment Management Hires Vesta Marks As U.S. Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

William Blair Investment Management announced today that Vesta Marks, CFA, CAIA, has joined the firm as a fixed income portfolio manager, reporting to Ruta Ziverte, head of U.S. Fixed Income. Marks will be a portfolio manager on William Blair's Core and Low Duration fixed income strategies.

'Vesta brings more than 19 years of experience in fixed income research, portfolio management, and trading,' said Ziverte, head of U.S. Fixed Income at William Blair. 'He has a proven track record and deep expertise investing across the fixed income spectrum, including MBS, CMBS, CLOs, ABS, municipals, corporates, governments, and interest rate derivatives.' Ziverte added that Marks's experience and capabilities in ESG investing align well with William Blair's commitment to sustainable investing.

Marks was most recently managing director of fixed income and risk management at Tortoise Capital Advisors. He previously served as executive director and portfolio manager at Palmer Square Capital Management LLC and as portfolio manager at Semper Capital Management. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

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William Blair Investment Management is a premier global investment management boutique, with a sole focus on active management across equity, fixed income, currency and multi-asset strategies. We are a U.N.-Supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Signatory, Tier-1 U.K. Stewardship Signatory, Investor Stewardship Group Member (Framework for U.S. Stewardship and Governance), and Signatory to the Japan and Korea Stewardship Codes. We work closely with private and public pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as financial advisors. As of June 30, 2021, William Blair Investment Management manages approximately $70 billion in assets.

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