Bryan J. Dingle, Cfa Email and Phone Number

Lead portfolio manager of the Federated Intermediate Corporate Bond (FICBF) mutual fund (tkr: FIIFX), the Federated Quality Bond Fund II (QBF) variable annuity fund, and separate account corporate bond portfolios. Current co-manager of the Federated Bond Fund (tkr: FDBAX), and from 11/09-to-6/16 the Real Return Bond mutual fund (ticker: RRFAX). Assets managed over $2.9bn.Work with sales force to provide client servicing to investors from the broker-dealer, wealth management & trust and national accounts channels. Conduct conference calls and in-person reviews of performance, attribution, market outlook, portfolio characteristics, and risk metrics. Create client marketing materials, new business pitch books, and publish written quarterly portfolio and market commentaries. Act as a senior member of IG Corporate Bond credit committee charged with making corporate bond sector allocation recommendation to multi-sector portfolio group and for approving new IG credits. IG Corporate Bond Group covers over $10.3bn in debt across the complex.Responsible for Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) factor integration into IG analytical process.Responsible as Senior Analyst for corporate debt research coverage of over $2.1bn in IG exposure in the Banking/Brokerage sectors. Communicate to PMs buy/hold/sell recommendations, including capital structure and yield curve positioning. Support recommendations with analytical models of the company. Provide immediate and actionable feedback to portfolio managers as to valuation and credit opinions on new bond issues from companies in sectors under coverage. Current coverage includes over 30 companies in the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Credit Index. Represent IG Corporate Bond group as an analyst/PM to client consultants for new business opportunities and existing client due diligence reviews. Review draft request for proposals and provide guidance to the RFP group with new business proposals.