Eric Christopher Bernum

Mr. Eric C.
Bernum, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager at Smith Capital Investors LLC.
He has over 14 years of financial industry experience.
Prior to joining the team, Mr. Bernum served as Executive Director, Senior Portfolio Manager at J.P.
Morgan Asset Management.
In that position, he was a part of the Portfolio Management team, managing assets across various fixed income institutional portfolios and mutual funds.
Before his time at J.P.
Morgan Asset Management, he was at Janus Capital Management LLC in a multitude of roles across the trading, fundamental analysis, and portfolio management functions; he was the Co-Head of Fixed Income Trading and an Assistant Portfolio Manager.
In these roles, he managed a global team of seven traders and contributed to portfolio management decisions across all major fixed income strategies ranging from Intermediate/Core, High Yield, Credit only, Money Markets, Limited Duration, and Liability Driven/Long Duration strategies.
He was also active in asset raising, client servicing, compliance and systems build out, and functions across the fixed income platform.
He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Colorado State University, earning the Distinguished Scholar Award and attended the University of South Australia.
He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Colorado.