Scott Smith

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, head of Global Target Date
Scott Smith
26 years of experience

Scott Smith is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for Principal Asset Management’s asset allocation team. He is responsible for the portfolio management of the Principal LifeTime target date portfolios and several institutional target risk mandates, as well as the New Mexico 529 Plan. As an expert in glide path design and TDF portfolio construction, Scott also contributes to multi-asset research and has assisted in developing glide paths for TDFs in the U.S., China, Japan, Mexico, Chile, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, and Thailand. Scott joined the firm in 1999. Prior to becoming a portfolio manager, Scott served as an analyst and was responsible for building and maintaining asset allocation models. Prior to joining the asset allocation team, Scott was a Portfolio Manager for a number of U.S. equity index portfolios. He received a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Iowa State University.