Joy M. Franz works within the Fixed Income line of business and is responsible for trading across all sectors, utilizing a number of different sources in order to ensure best execution. She focuses on the LDEI Mutual Fund, ETF Model, and backs up Municipals and Equities. Joy keeps current with the market and communicates spread movements to portfolio managers and other members of the Fixed Income team. She is a member of several committees within the firm, including the Pricing Committee and the Brokerage Committee.
Joy joined Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (Boyd Watterson’s predecessor) in May of 1993 and has continually explored ways to increase productivity, automate processes, and work toward a paperless system. Previously, Joy worked at National City Bank for seven years in various positions such as Proof Encoder, Data Entry Clerk, and Trust Operations Clerk III.