Jose Pluto, CFA

Jose Pluto, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Bio

Jose Pluto, CFA, is a senior structured finance analyst responsible for overseeing mortgage credit research as well as providing ABS research, underwriting and analytical support. He also serves on the Portfolio Management team for the Sustainable Fixed Income strategy and is a member of Aegon Asset Management's Sustainable Investment Committee. Prior to his current role, Jose was a fixed income analyst with Thornburg Investment Management where he was responsible for covering a broad spectrum of structured finance. Prior to Thornburg, Jose was a G-4 rates portfolio manager with Stark Investments where he managed relative value strategies in government bonds, interest rate derivatives and inflation markets. Before moving to the buy-side in 2011, Jose was an interest rate derivatives and government bonds specialist with Goldman, Sachs & Co., Bank One and JP Morgan. He has been in the industry since 1999 and started with the firm in 2017. Jose received his BA from Dartmouth College and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is a CFA® charterholder.