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Transamerica Aegon High Yield Bond Vp Fund Initial Class (0P00003D22)
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- Total Assets: 140.91M
Transamerica AEGON High Yield Bond VP Fund Initial
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0P00003D22 Overview
On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Transamerica Aegon High Yield Bond Vp Fund Initial Class. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of 0P00003D22 among other information.
Investment Strategy
The investment seeks a high level of current income by investing in high-yield debt securities. The portfolio's sub-adviser, Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC, seeks to achieve the portfolio's objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the portfolio's net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in high-yield bonds (commonly known as "junk bonds"). Junk bonds are high-risk debt securities rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below BBB by Standard & Poor's or Fitch or below Baa by Moody's or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the sub-adviser).
Contact Information
Address
1801 California Street, Suite 5200
Denver,CO 80202
United States
Denver,CO 80202
United States
Phone
+1 8882334339
Top Executives
| Name | Title | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| James K. Schaeffer | - | 2011 | Now |
| Biography | Jim Schaeffer is global head of leveraged finance and serves as a portfolio manager for the various leveraged finance strategies. He is also responsible for stressed and special situation securities, and all restructuring and bankruptcy situations for the firm. In addition, he is a member of the Aegon Asset Management Steering Committee that sets global macro and asset allocation strategies (global macro views) and has responsibility for implementation of those views in the US. Prior to his current role, Jim served as a vice president at PPM America’s Distressed Debt and Workout group. | ||
| Kevin Bakker | Portfolio Manager | 2009 | Now |
| Biography | Kevin Bakker, CFA, is co-head of US high yield and a senior portfolio manager responsible for US and global high yield portfolio management. Prior to his current role, he was a public fixed income research analyst covering high yield and investment grade corporate securities. Prior to joining the firm, Kevin was employed by Archer Daniels Midland in various roles within their commodities trading division. He has been in the industry since and started with the firm in 2003. Kevin received his BA from Loras College and his MBA from the University of Iowa. He is a CFA® charterholder. | ||
| Benjamin D. Miller | Portfolio Manager | 2009 | Now |
| Biography | Ben Miller, CFA, is co-head of US high yield and a senior portfolio manager responsible for US and global high yield portfolio management. Prior to his current role, Ben held various investment responsibilities ranging from private placement analyst to public fixed income research analyst. He has been in the industry since and started with the firm and its affiliates in 1993. Ben received his BA from the University of Northern Iowa and his MBA from the University of Iowa. He is a CFA® charterholder. | ||
| Derek Thoms | Portfolio Manager | 2016 | 2021 |
| Biography | Derek Thoms is a portfolio manager responsible for US and global high yield trading and portfolio management. Prior to his current role, Derek held a number of management and leadership positions with ESP International and the University of Northern Iowa and traded commodities for Archer Daniels Midland Company. He has 11 years of industry experience and has been with the firm since 2013. Derek received his BA in economics from the University of Northern Iowa. | ||
| Bradley J. Beman | CEO | 2009 | 2015 |
| Biography | Mr. Beman co-founded the Tortoise Credit Strategies, LLC , an investment firm focused on fixed income-related credit, in 2015. He serves as the Adviser’s chief executive officer and chief investment officer, and as a member of the IPSC. Mr. Beman has nearly three decades of fixed income investment experience, including a 28-year career at AEGON USA Investment Management LLC. He held several key positions at AEGON, most recently serving as the firm’s global chief investment officer/director of high yield. He also was a member of a global asset management board and led a team of approximately 100 investment professionals overseeing more than $200 billion invested in domestic and global taxable fixed income, asset allocation, alternatives and derivatives, with a specific focus in the U.S. and European regions. Mr. Beman was also involved in the build-out and growth of a third-party retail and institutional taxable fixed income and asset allocation business. His prior positions with AEGON included director of public fixed income and director of public credit research. A recognized expert in high yield fixed-income and leveraged finance strategies, Mr. Beman has spoken for The Financial Investigator Seminar and The Money Management Institute. He was part of a select group of high yield managers asked to participate in Morgan Stanley’s biannual leveraged finance roundtable. Mr. Beman earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from the University of Northern Iowa. He passed the Certified Public Accountant exam and is a CFA charterholder. | ||
| David R. Halfpap | Co-Head | 2009 | 2010 |
| Biography | David R. Halfpap, CFA joined AEGON in 1975. Dave is Portfolio Manager with Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC since 1979; Senior Vice President (1995 – present); Head of Investment Strategy and Co-Head of Global Strategy since 2011. Dave is a member of the Asset Management Group, and the Pension Investment Committee, with asset management experience spanning equities, high yield bonds, and investment grade corporate bonds. Dave is a member of the CFA Institute, and a former Director of the Iowa Society of the Institute. David earned a BS in Accounting from Iowa State University. | ||
| Matthew W. Ryan | Senior Vice President | 2008 | 2009 |
| Biography | Matthew W. Ryan, CFA, is an investment officer and a portfolio manager of Massachusetts Financial Services Company. Before joining the firm in 1997, Matt worked for four years as an economist at the International Monetary Fund and for five years as an international economist with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He was named a portfolio manager at MFS in 1998. He is a graduate of Williams College and earned a master's degree in international economics and foreign policy from Johns Hopkins University. Matt also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. | ||
| David P. Cole | Portfolio Manager | 2006 | 2009 |
| Biography | David P. Cole, CFA, is an Investment Officer of MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) and Portfolio Manager at the firm. David employed in the investment area of MFS since 2004 after working for five years as a High Yield Analyst for Franklin Templeton Investments. Prior to this, he served as a financial economist/treasury market analyst for Thomson Financial Services and two years as an economist for Standard and Poor's. David has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. | ||
| John F. Addeo | Chief Investment Officer | 2000 | 2009 |
| Biography | John F. Addeo, CFA Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Manulife Investment Management John is the global CIO for the firm’s fixed-income strategies (public markets), as well as senior portfolio manager on the high-yield and global credit products. Prior to joining the company, he was with MFS Investment Management, where he held progressive portfolio management roles, most recently as an investment officer for the high-yield bond group, while playing an integral role in that firm’s expansion into global credit. Earlier in his career, John held high-yiel | ||
| Scott B. Richards | Portfolio Manager | 2004 | 2007 |
| Biography | Scott Richards is a senior managing director and portfolio manager on the total return fixed income team at PPM. He is responsible for investment and allocation decisions for several of the firm’s fixed income strategies, including floating rate income, high yield core, long short credit, and strategic income which are managed on behalf of institutional and retail investors globally. Prior to joining PPM in 2008, Scott was the head of global high yield for State Street Global Advisors. Previously, he also held senior high yield portfolio manager positions at MFS Investment Management, Liberty Funds Group and State Street Research & Management. He also worked as the director of high yield research at Wellington Management and began his career as an investment officer at New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. Scott earned an MBA in finance from Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth and a BS in applied economics from Cornell University. He is also a CFA® charterholder. | ||
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