James Welch

Mr. James Welch is a Portfolio Manager at Principal Global Investors LLC.
Previously, he had additional portfolio management/fundamental analysis duties at Dreyfus Tax Exempt and Dreyfus Taxable Fixed Income Departments (wholly owned subsidiaries of the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation).
During his career, Mr. Welch has focused on speculative credits/derivatives capitalizing on market dislocations for various clients (high net worth, retail SMA, and institutional).
Past investment endeavors include managing the options desk at Dreyfus Investment Services.
Mr. Welch received his Bachelor’s degree and an MBA degree from Hofstra University.
He is a member of the Municipal Analyst Group of New York and New York Society of Security Analysts.