Mark Book

Mark H. Book, CFA, CMA, serves as Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Sit Investment Associates, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN, where he shares management responsibilities for the firm's taxable fixed income portfolios across separately managed accounts, private investment funds, and mutual funds. His primary focus is on investment-grade taxable bonds, emphasizing credit research and portfolio strategy within the fixed income asset class.

Prior to joining Sit Investment Associates in 2000, Mark was Vice President and Senior Corporate Bond Strategist at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, and previously managed fixed income assets at Norwest Investment Management and Insight Investment Management. He also gained experience as a fixed income securities trader at Reliastar Financial Corporation, now part of ING.

Mark holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota (1992) and a BA in accounting from the same university (1986). He is a CFA charterholder and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), reflecting his expertise in fixed income investing and his significant contributions to the field through the management of diverse institutional and private fixed income portfolios.