
Alec Small CFA
Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager

Alec is a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Payden & Rygel, having previously served as Head Trader and Trader for Emerging Markets Debt. Alec is an experienced finance professional specializing in trading, portfolio management, and investment research.
He began his career as an Analyst at Wedbush Securities (2011–2013) and later interned at Bloomberg LP (2014). He then worked at Toyota North America as an Analyst in Sales & Trading, where he traded various financial instruments and received the Adam Smith Award in 2016 for a proprietary fixed-income model.
Currently, Alec holds a Master’s in Financial Engineering from UCLA Anderson (2015) and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from USC (2011). He is also a CFA charterholder and holds FINRA certifications (Series 66 & 7).