Team Overview
The RS High Yield Fund is sub-advised by Guardian Investor Services LLC and Co-Managed by Kevin Booth, Marc Gross, and Howard G. Most. All three Co-Portfolio Managers are members of the RS Fixed Income Team. The RS Fixed Income Team consists of 35 seasoned investment professionals who on average have over 19 years of investment experience.
Portfolio Management Team
Kevin Booth, CFA
Co-portfolio manager of RS High Yield Fund, RS Floating Rate Fund, and RS Strategic Income Fund
- Managed RS High Yield Fund since November 2009, and RS Floating Rate Fund and RS Strategic Income Fund since their inception
- Managing director, Guardian Life
- Prior Experience: managing director at BlackRock/Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
- Education: B.A. in economics from Harpur College, SUNY Binghamton and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University
- CFA Charterholder
Marc Gross
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Co-portfolio manager of RS High Yield Fund, RS Floating Rate Fund, and RS Strategic Income Fund
- Managed RS High Yield Fund since July 2008; co-managed RS Floating Rate Fund and RS Strategic Income Fund since their inception
- Managing Director, Guardian Life
- Prior to joining Guardian Life, Marc was a responsible for high yield and distressed credit analysis, idea generation, and trade execution at Clinton Group and a senior analyst at RBC Dain Rauscher
- Education: B.A. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and M.B.A. from New York University Stern School of Business
Howard G. Most
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Co-portfolio manager of RS High Yield Fund
- Managed the Fund since July 2008
- Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income Credit Research, Guardian Life
- Prior to joining Guardian Life, Howard was managing director at Salomon Smith Barney and had earlier roles at UBS Securities, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Moody's Investor Service, and Standard & Poor's Corporation
- Education: B.A. from City College of New York, J.D. from Fordham University, and an M.B.A. from Columbia University