James Sarni, CFA, is a Managing Director at Payden & Rygel and a member of the Managing Committee of the board of directors. He helps oversee the firm’s US fixed-income strategies and serves as a senior portfolio manager advising pension funds, insurance companies, corporations, health care organizations, Taft-Hartley plans, universities and endowments. He is also a speaker with financial media and is regularly quoted on topics related to investing and the economy. He has been quoted in leading publications such as the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times and has been interviewed on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business Network.

Prior to joining Payden & Rygel, Sarni was a vice president and senior portfolio manager at First Interstate Bank where he managed the trust department’s commingled bond funds as well as institutional client portfolios.

James Sarni serves on the Board of numerous charitable and educational organizations including the University of Southern California’s (USC) Marshall School of Business Board of Leaders, the Board of Advisors of USC’s Center for Investment Studies, Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles, St. Francis Center, Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem Foundation and Legatus International. He is past president of the Washington, DC-based Investment Adviser Association, Pasadena City College Foundation, CFA Society Los Angeles and St. Philip the Apostle School board of trustees.

Sarni holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Investment Counselor designations. He earned an MBA with an emphasis in finance and a BS from the University of Southern California.