Mark Denkinger is a Portfolio Manager for the Principal Asset Management fixed income team and leads the Principal Fixed Income high yield team. He is responsible for high yield credit and levered loans. Prior to his current role, Mark was the Managing Director of Fixed Income Credit Research and Trading. Mark joined the firm as a corporate credit analyst in 1990, became the managing director of fixed income credit research and trading, and assumed his current role in 2004. He received a bachelor's degree in finance and an MBA with a finance emphasis from The University of Iowa. Mark has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Iowa.