Robert Vanden Assem joined the PineBridge in 2001 and is a managing director and head of the company’s developed markets investment grade fixed income team. He is responsible for the management of high grade institutional and retail fixed income portfolios. Previously, he worked at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors as a portfolio manager. He holds a degree in accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a master’s in finance from New York University.