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Darrin Smith
Principal Global Investors (Ir
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Manager profile
Darrin is a portfolio manager at Principal Global Fixed Income. He is a member of the high yield portfolio management team, with responsibility for high yield securities and leveraged loans. Darrin joined the firm in 2007 and has experience as a high yield portfolio manager since 1998. Previously, Darrin was a vice president and senior high yield portfolio manager at Aviva Capital Management. He received an MBA from Drake University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Iowa State University. Darrin has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Iowa. He is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI) and a member of the Life Officers' Management Association (LOMA).
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Manager career performance
Discrete calendar year performance : Darrin Smith

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
Darrin Smith -0.1 9.4 1.2 4.6 8.5 -0.9 10.2 -3.0 23.9 3.8
Peer Group Composite 1.4 8.2 0.8 3.7 7.7 -2.5 10.1 -3.1 17.2 4.1
Over / Under -1.5 1.2 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.6 0.1 0.1 6.7 -0.3
Performance vs peer group composite: Darrin Smith
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
Overall markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
8 years
out of a possible 10
 
Overall markets
Up
Underperformed peer group composite
2 years
out of a possible 10
 
Rising markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
6 years
out of a possible 8
 
Falling markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
2 years
out of a possible 2
Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
Principal GIF Global High Yield Co-managed FO Fixed Int - USD High Yield since Apr 01 2008 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Principal GIF Global Credit Alpha since Jun 23 2015 to fund close
Principal GIF Global Short Duration High Yield since Dec 10 2014 to fund close
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