Darrin Smith, CFA

Portfolio Manager
Darrin Smith, CFA
34 years of experience

Darrin is a portfolio manager at Principal Fixed Income, with responsibility for high yield securities and leveraged loans. He joined the firm in 2007 and has been a high yield portfolio manager since 1998. Previously, Darrin was a vice president and senior high yield portfolio manager at Aviva Capital Management. He received an M.B.A. from Drake University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Iowa State University. Darrin holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Iowa. He is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI) and a member of the Life Officers' Management Association (LOMA).