Seix High Yield Bond Wrap

Michael Kirkpatrick is a managing director and senior portfolio manager at Seix Investment Advisors, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners.

Prior to joining Seix in 2002, Mr. Kirkpatrick was a senior analyst with Oppenheimer Funds, Inc., covering the telecommunications and cable industries. He was previously vice president and co-head of research at BNY Capital Markets, Inc., where he held responsibility for the telecommunications and consumer-related industries. Prior to that, he was at Mendham Capital Group as a managing partner in high yield research where he focused on consumer-related industries.

Mr. Kirkpatrick earned a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Delaware School of Engineering and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University. He has worked in investment management since 1991.

James FitzPatrick is a managing director and head of leveraged finance trading at Seix Investment Advisors, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners.

Mr. FitzPatrick joined Seix in 1997 with a background in fixed income analysis and trading, and served as an analyst, co-portfolio manager, and head trader in the mortgage-backed securities group. In 2002, he joined the firm’s high yield group as a trader and was later named head of the high yield trading team. Before joining Seix, Mr. FitzPatrick was with Prudential Securities, where he handled corporate, government, and mortgage trades as well as settlement and portfolio administration.

Mr. FitzPatrick earned a B.A. in marketing from the University of Delaware. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation. Mr. FitzPatrick has worked in investment management since 1996.