Newfleet Names Senior Managing Director

In this new position, Kelleher will oversee implementing the management of Newfleet’s mandates, including its multisector core plus, multisector short duration, multisector opportunistic, high yield and bank loans strategies, to institutional clients and consultants.  

Kelleher joined Newfleet in 2012 as managing director and senior portfolio manager and is co-manager of the Virtus Balanced Fund, the Virtus Bond Fund and the Virtus Low Duration Income Fund. He has more than 25 years of investment experience in all bond market sectors, including both publicly traded and private placements. He previously was a senior managing director and senior portfolio manager at Goodwin Capital Advisers, where he managed approximately $1 billion in multisector bond portfolios and institutional client relations for Taft-Hartley plans and public retirement plans.  

Kelleher holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Hartford. He holds Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) professional designations.

Newfleet Asset Management is a boutique asset management company with $11 billion of assets under management in fixed-income strategies.