Edward Meigs

Edward Meigs, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager at First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, based in Baltimore, MD. He plays a leading role in managing the First Eagle High Yield Fund and the First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund. His key responsibilities include portfolio construction, credit selection, risk management, and navigating the credit cycle for high yield and global income investments.

Meigs specializes in high yield corporate credit, with a strong focus on sectors such as gaming, leisure, lodging, home builders, and building materials. He strategically rotates risk across credit tiers and capital structures, and maintains a bias toward higher-quality issuers. His investment approach includes both U.S. and select international dollar-denominated credit exposures, with risk management at the forefront of his strategy.

With over two decades in asset management, Meigs previously held senior roles at Dwight Asset Management, where he managed high yield portfolios in similar sectors, and he has experience as a high yield analyst and manager at multiple firms. He earned a B.A. from Occidental College and an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.