Josh Settle, CFA

Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

Josh Settle is a senior managing director and portfolio manager on the total return team at PPM America, Inc. (PPM). He is responsible for investment and allocation decisions for the firm’s core plus fixed income and investment grade credit plus strategies which are managed on behalf of investors globally. In addition, he is responsible for making investment recommendations for the firm’s other total return strategies. Prior to his current role, Josh was a senior managing director and head of credit trading and was responsible for overseeing a team of credit traders and for trade execution in the utility, retail, consumer goods, leisure, services, healthcare, taxable municipals and CDX/ETF industries. Prior to joining PPM in 2010, he was a corporate bond trader at Northern Trust. Josh earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from the University of Iowa. He is a CFA® charterholder.