KAR Small-Mid Cap Growth SMA

Julie Biel is chief market strategist, portfolio manager, and senior research analyst at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. She has primary research responsibilities for the small- and mid-cap information technology and healthcare sectors. As chief market strategist, Ms. Biel is responsible for providing the firm’s perspective and commentary on the economy and capital markets.

Before joining Kayne Anderson Rudnick in 2013, Ms. Biel worked at Imperial Capital as an equity research associate. Prior to business school, she was an equity research associate at Merrill Lynch.

Ms. Biel earned a B.A. in economics and psychology from New York University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) charterholder. She began working in the investment industry in 2004.

Chris Wright is a portfolio manager and senior research analyst at Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. He has primary research responsibilities for the small- and mid-cap financials, technology, energy, and industrials sectors.

Mr. Wright began working in the financial industry in 2001. Before joining Kayne Anderson Rudnick in 2012, he worked at Alvarez & Marsal as a senior associate in Turnarounds and Restructuring. Prior to that, he was at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin as an associate in the Investment Banking Financial Institutions Group.

Mr. Wright earned a B.S.E., with a concentration in finance, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Wright is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles.