May Tong, CFA

Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
May Tong, CFA
24 years of experience

May Tong is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for Principal Asset Management’s asset allocation team. She is responsible for managing and overseeing the real asset and liquid alternative strategies as well as co-managing the Principal LifeTime target date portfolios and Core/Satellite strategies. May joined the firm in 2021. Prior to her current role, May was SVP and Senior Portfolio Manager with Franklin Templeton’s Investment Solutions group developing and managing multi-asset strategies and solutions including target-date, target risk, 529 plans, retirement income, and model portfolios. Previously, she was also a Portfolio Manager and Head of Portfolio Implementation & Management with Voya’s Multi-Asset Solutions group. May started off her career with Merrill Lynch Investment Management and subsequently joined ING Investment Management (now Voya IM) whereby she managed quantitative equity and index equity portfolios. She received an MBA from Columbia University, a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from Boston College. May has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA institute.