Vident Investment Advisory Names Jeff Kernagis Senior Portfolio Manager

Highly experienced PM will help oversee the implementation, execution, and oversight of a wide variety of fixed income and multi-asset strategies

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vident Investment Advisory (VIA), a leading provider of portfolio management, trading, operational, and capital markets solutions across a full range of asset management categories, today announced that Jeff Kernagis has joined the firm as Senior Portfolio Manager. In this newly created role, Mr. Kernagis will be responsible for the implementation, execution, and oversight of a range of exchange-traded funds (ETF) portfolios, focusing on fixed income and multi-asset strategies.

Mr. Kernagis has close to 20 years of ETF industry experience, most recently as Senior Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager with Northern Trust Asset Management, where he played a vital role in the portfolio management processes for the firm’s fixed income ETFs. Prior to that he was a Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager with Invesco for more than a decade and an ETF Portfolio Manager with Guggenheim Funds Distributors, Inc. Mr. Kernagis has also held senior roles at ABN Amro and Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union. Mr. Kernagis is a CFA Charterholder and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Notre Dame and an MBA from DePaul University.

“We could not be more delighted to be adding someone of Jeff’s caliber to our team,” said Amrita Nandakumar, President of VIA. “His experience and deep understanding of the most complex strategies and challenges, particularly in the fixed income ETF category, will make us even better positioned to support clients in launching and managing even more innovative and diversified investment approaches.”

VIA has seen significant growth in demand for its services in recent years from clients focused on indexed and active ETFs, as well as those focused on Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), hedge funds, separately managed accounts (SMAs), and more.

“The VIA approach is rooted in our expertise, our direct hands-on experience, our strong relationships across the asset management space, and the proprietary technology we can bring to bear to meet all of our client’s objectives,” added Ms. Nandakumar. “We are building something very exciting here at VIA and thrilled to be adding Jeff to the team.”

About Vident Investment Advisory
Vident Investment Advisory (VIA), formed in 2014, provides investment management services for a variety of index-based and actively managed strategies. VIA’s extensive knowledge and innovation for a variety of ETF sponsors has made ETF management VIA’s specialty. VIA’s capabilities extend across multiple asset classes, including U.S. and international equities, fixed income, commodities, real estate, and digital assets, as well as long/short, inverse, and managed futures strategies. The firm offers portfolio management, trading, operational, and capital markets expertise for indexed and active ETFs, UCITS, hedge funds, SMAs and more. For more information, please go to www.videntinvestmentadvisory.com.