Robert Sydow

Portfolio Manager – Opportunistic High Yield

Robert Sydow is a portfolio manager and leads MetLife Investment Management’s (MIM) opportunistic high yield team. He is responsible for overseeing portfolio management, investment strategy and credit research specializing in energy, health care, financials, metals & mining, services and utility industries for MIM’s opportunistic high yield strategies.

Bob joined MIM on February 28, 2025 in connection with the acquisition of Mesirow Financial Investment Management’s high yield fixed income management team where he served as chief investment officer and portfolio manager of the team. Prior to joining Mesirow in 2017, he was a senior vice president at Pacific Income Advisers. Before that, he founded Grandview Capital and served in multiple positions at SunAmerica Investments’ high yield bond department. Bob also held multiple positions at First Interstate Bancorp and Atlantic Richfield Company. He has 36 years of investment management experience.

Bob earned his joint undergraduate degrees, summa cum laude, in economics and history and a Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor from UCLA.