Karen Manna

Session Title: At Any Rate…A Fixed Income Discussion

Overview:

Fixed Income is an important part of investor portfolios—especially now that interest rates have normalized after many years (decades?) of extraordinary lows.  This presentation reviews the macroeconomic themes that shape fixed income decision-making and outlines the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy and likely rate moves going forward.

But, at any rate, let’s review what has happened in past economic cycles and discuss how to position fixed income investments now. 

About Karen

As client portfolio manager, Karen Manna is responsible for interactions with clients and consultants regarding Federated Hermes’ fixed income funds. She is also responsible for portfolio management and research in the fixed income area. Karen has more than 20 years of investment experience.

Before joining Federated Hermes in 2004, Karen was a real estate portfolio analyst and a fixed income product manager at Fidelity Management Trust Company. She then went on to serve in various roles at Federated Hermes. These roles included: Director of research and fi xed income marketing; senior product manager of fixed
income; and senior investment analyst and portfolio manager of both investment grade bonds, and tax-free money markets and bonds.

Karen earned a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Boston College.