Speaker

Mariana Fariña
Research Director - CEFs & ETPs/Passive Products
Wells Fargo Investment Institute

Mariana Fariña is a managing director for Global Manager Research (GMR), a division of Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII). The GMR team conducts due diligence and provides research on the third-party money managers used throughout Wells Fargo's bank and brokerage affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company. Mariana began her career at Furman Selz in New York as an associate analyst following technology companies long before the internet became a household name. She joined the firm in 1991 as an analyst in investment strategy and has remained steady through five legacy firms following mergers and acquisitions over more than three decades. Mariana began following closed-end funds in 1993, and she assumed coverage of exchange-traded products in 1996. She has been widely quoted in publications such as Barron's, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal, while being a frequent and active participant in industry conferences. Born and raised in Peru, Mariana earned a B.S. in engineering from Princeton University. She is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Washington, D.C., where she is located.