L. Phillip Jacoby, IV

Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
L. Phillip Jacoby, IV
43 years of experience

Phillip Jacoby is a Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer at Spectrum Asset Management. He most recently held the position of Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager until his appointment as CIO on January 1, 2010, following the planned retirement of his predecessor. Phillip joined the firm in 1995. Prior to joining Spectrum, Phil was a Senior Investment Officer at USL Capital Corporation (a subsidiary of Ford Motor Corporation) and co-manager of the preferred stock portfolio of its U.S. Corporate Financing Division for six years. Phil began his career in 1981 with The Northern Trust Company, Chicago and then moved to Los Angeles to join E.F. Hutton & Co. as a Vice President and Institutional Salesman, Generalist Fixed Income Sales through most of the 1980s. He received a BSBA in Finance from Boston University Questrom School of Business.