James Ryder

Mr. James C.
Ryder, CFA, is an Investment Strategist at SSgA Funds Management, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for representing SSGA's DC investment strategies, supporting current relationships and expanding SSGA's DC initiative.
The team also serves as a resource to plan sponsors on a variety of plan design considerations, including plan design architecture and key regulatory and legislative topics.
James serves as a voting member of State Street's Defined Contribution Investment Group, responsible for oversight of State Street's Target Retirement strategies and other DC asset allocation products.
Mr. Ryder joined the Investment Strategy group from Pioneer Institutional Asset Management.
Mr. Ryder earned a BA in American Studies from Hobart College.
He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and Boston Security Analysts society.