High–Quality Fixed Income

Andrew (Andy) Cantor, CFA, Principal

Co-Director of Fixed Income Investments
35 Years of Investment Experience

Mr. Cantor is a founding Principal of Sawgrass Asset Management and serves as the firm’s Director of Fixed Income. He is the lead portfolio manager for the Sawgrass intermediate and broad market portfolios and serves on the firm’s management committee. Prior to the formation of Sawgrass, he spent 15 years at Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. where he was responsible for creating the institutional group’s fixed income investment discipline and served as head of all taxable fixed income assets. Prior to Barnett, he worked for Gulf United Corporation, where he was responsible for economic and interest rate analysis and the management of approximately $1.1 billion in fixed income investments. He has over 30 years of experience managing funds for pension, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, corporate reserves and individuals. Mr. Cantor received his B.S. in Mathematics from Florida Atlantic University and his M.A. in Economics from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Cantor has served as President of the Jacksonville Financial Analysts Society, holds a membership in The CFA Institute (formerly AIMR) and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

David Furfine, CFA, Partner

Co-Director of Fixed Income Investments
26 Years of Investment Experience

Mr. Furfine is a Partner at Sawgrass Asset Management and serves as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager overseeing all investments in mortgage-backed securities and a variety of fixed income portfolios. His responsibilities include interest rate analysis, portfolio construction and lead portfolio management on the firm’s short-term and intermediate fixed income portfolios. Mr. Furfine was formerly with Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. where he utilized his fixed income and mortgage expertise in a similar fashion. Prior to Barnett, he served eight years with Prudential Home Mortgage Company managing all trading and hedging activities. Additionally, he managed a mortgage portfolio of over $10 billion while at Prudential. Mr. Furfine received a B.S. in Economics summa cum laude from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of The CFA Institute, has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and has served as President of the CFA Society of Jacksonville.

Liridon Gila

Fixed Income Analyst
6 Years of Investment Experience

Mr. Gila is a Fixed Income Research Analyst for all of the bond portfolios at Sawgrass Asset Management. He also serves on the firm’s fixed income management research committee. Mr. Gila graduated from the University of North Florida with a M.B.A. and B.A. in Finance. He has four years of previous work experience with Fidelity National Financial. Mr. Gila holds a Series 65 and has recently passed Level III of the CFA.