Jen Ripper

Portfolio Manager

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Ms. Ripper serves as a portfolio manager at Penn Mutual Asset Management. Jen is responsible for research and analysis, trading and portfolio management of securitized credit with a focus in commercial mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities.

Prior to rejoining Penn Mutual in 2014, Jen was a senior analyst for The Kroll Bond Rating Agency. In this capacity, Jen was responsible for monitoring the credit performance of collateralized mortgage-backed securities transactions as well as reviewing and assessing commercial real estate loan and property performance. From 2005 to 2013, Jen worked at Penn Mutual as director and portfolio manager of structured and municipal securities. In this role, she was responsible for managing the CMBS, residential mortgage-backed, asset-backed and taxable municipal securities in the portfolio. Jen also gained prior experience as an associate for Radian Group Inc.

Jen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from St. Joseph’s University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from St. Joseph’s University.

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