Ken Sommer

Kenneth is a Managing Director and Head of Liquid Products Portfolio Management and Trading. He is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management and trading of all liquid products, including government securities, ABS, agency MBS, and CMBS. In addition, Kenneth manages all multi-sector third-party core fixed income portfolios. He is Portfolio Manager of the NYLI Short Term Bond Fund and the NYLI Balanced Fund. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager of the Third-Party Investment Grade Portfolio Management team focused on the investment grade corporate sector. In addition to these responsibilities, he was instrumental in sector allocations across third-party portfolios. Kenneth joined the firm in 2005 as a sector specialist focused on investment grade corporate bonds. Previously, he was an investment analyst at MetLife Investments. He has worked in the financial services industry since 2002. Kenneth earned a B.S. in Finance from Binghamton University and an M.B.A. from Fordham University.