KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - American Century Investments has named Phil Yuhn vice president and portfolio manager. He will serve as co-portfolio manager of the firm's Emerging Markets Debt strategy.
Yuhn joins American Century from HSBC Global Asset Management, most recently as senior vice president and portfolio manager on their Emerging Markets Debt team. Previously, he served as the head of HSBC's portfolio engineering team. Prior to that, he was a member of Lehman Brothers' Emerging Markets Credit strategy team.
He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in engineering, both from Cornell University, and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
As part of the build out of American Century's Emerging Markets Debt capability, Yuhn is the third investment professional to join the team over the past year. Margé Karner, vice president and senior portfolio manager, joined the firm in April 2014, and Tommy Youn, senior corporate analyst, joined in November 2014.
American Century Investments is a leading privately-held investment management firm, committed to delivering superior investment performance and building long-term client relationships since its founding in 1958. Serving investment professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors, American Century Investments offers a variety of actively managed investment disciplines through an array of products including mutual funds, institutional separate accounts, commingled trusts and sub-advisory accounts. Through its ownership structure, more than 40 percent of American Century Investments' profits support research to help find cures for diseases including cancer, diabetes and dementia. For more information about American Century, visit http://www.americancentury.com. For media information, please click here.
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