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Why Insight for core plus?

Why Insight for core plus?

Be intentional

Insight’s core plus strategy invests deliberately across the full range of credit markets. It is designed to be the backbone of your fixed income allocation. Why not upgrade your coreTM?

Consistent track record

Top quartile performance versus eVestment peer group over 10 years1

Alpha through credit strategy

Alpha historically dominated by sector and security selection across the multiple sectors we invest in, with a lower reliance on duration positioning2

Proprietary approach for scaling risk allocations

We implement Insight’s Units of Risk approach to scale our multi-sector fixed income allocations in a precise and deliberate manner. This helps us target compelling diversification across multiple fixed income sectors and ensure no one allocation is likely to dominate our investment performance. 

2008

strategy inception

$6.2bn

strategy assets3

over 21

years' experience4

48

global credit research analysts4

A stronger core – dynamic multi-sector investing

Insight has a long track record and enviable pedigree of delivering nimble and dynamic multi-sector core plus strategies to our clients. Our Senior Portfolio Manager, James DiChiaro, outlines Insight's capabilities, and our commitment to a diversified and intentional multi-sector core plus approach that aims to deliver outperformance primarily from sector and security selection, not through interest rate bets. 

Meet the team

Insight's core plus managers draw on our 183 fixed income investment professionals, with specialist expertise ranging across rates, investment grade credit, structured credit, high yield and emerging market debt. 4

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Scott Zaleski, CFA

Head of US Multi Sector Fixed Income

Scott Zaleski, CFA

Head of US Multi Sector Fixed Income

Scott is Insight’s Head of US Multi-Sector Fixed Income, responsible for the oversight and portfolio management of the US core and core plus fixed income strategies. Scott joined Insight in 2014 via a predecessor BNY affiliate, as the lead portfolio manager for the US sleeve of the firm’s global aggregate bond strategy. Scott has been in the financial services industry since 1990. Previously, Scott worked at the Flatley Company, where he managed the fixed income absolute return strategy. Earlier, Scott was with Wellington as a fixed income portfolio manager and credit analyst focused on corporate credit and structured products. Scott also held investment management positions at Putnam and Fidelity. Scott has a BS from Skidmore College and an MS in Finance from Boston College. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.

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James DiChiaro

Senior Portfolio Manager, Active Management

James DiChiaro

Senior Portfolio Manager, Active Management

James joined Insight's Fixed Income Group in 1999 (via predecessor company, Cutwater Asset Management) and has worked in the financial services industry since 1998. As a senior portfolio manager, James’s responsibilities include managing the firm’s core, core plus, select income, and high yield strategies.  James also has an extensive history in managing long duration taxable and tax-exempt strategies as well as money market portfolios. James holds a BS degree from Fordham University and an MBA from Pace University.

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Erin Spalsbury, CFA

Head of US Investment Grade

Erin Spalsbury, CFA

Head of US Investment Grade

Erin is Insight’s Head of US Investment Grade, responsible for overseeing a team of portfolio managers and managing credit portfolios, including US long duration credit, US credit, US intermediate credit and other customized credit portfolios. Erin has worked in the investment industry since 1994. Prior to joining Insight in 2019, Erin worked at Conning, Inc. as a fixed Income Portfolio Manager, where she managed credit liability-driven portfolios for pension and insurance clients. Erin also worked at JP Morgan Asset Management as a fixed income portfolio manager, where she managed credit and customized portfolios for a full range of clients with a focus on pensions, and also handled credit trading. Erin holds a BA in Economics/Mathematics from Boston University and is also a CFA charterholder.

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Brendan Murphy, CFA

Head of Fixed Income, North America

Brendan Murphy, CFA

Head of Fixed Income, North America

Brendan is Insight’s Head of Fixed Income, North America. In this role, Brendan is responsible for overseeing the implementation of all US fixed income investment processes which include multi sector, government and short duration, mortgages, insurance, investment grade credit and municipal bond strategies. Brendan is also the lead portfolio manager for the global aggregate strategy and mutual fund. Brendan joined Insight in 2005, via a predecessor BNY affiliate and has been in the industry since 1996. Earlier, he served as senior portfolio manager for non US, global and opportunistic bond portfolios at Mellon Investments. Brendan is frequently quoted in media, such as Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and others. Prior to joining BNY, Brendan held a senior trading role in US investment grade corporate bonds at State Street Research. Brendan has a BA from Trinity College and is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute.

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