Aaron Young has been co-portfolio manager of Ivy Managed International Opportunities Fund, Ivy VIP Pathfinder Portfolios and InvestEd Portfolios since 2016. Mr. Young is also a member of the firm’s Investment Risk Management group. Named to the team in 2017, his extensive quantitative research capabilities add depth to the firm’s risk management and portfolio analytics resources.

Mr. Young joined the organization in 2005 as a fixed income investment analyst with an emphasis in credit research and derivative securities. He joined the Asset Strategy team as an investment analyst in 2007 and was named assistant portfolio manager of Ivy and Ivy VIP Asset Strategy Funds in 2012. He covered brokers, asset managers and exchanges as an equity investment analyst during 2008. He was appointed assistant vice president in 2012 and vice president in 2014.

Mr. Young graduated with honors in 2000 with a BA in Philosophy from the University of Missouri. He earned an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Strategy from the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis in 2005.