The board of directors for the $490 million
Both Uhrig and McNichols come from Dreyfus' affiliate
Uhrig is a portfolio manager for high-yield strategies, as well as the head of high yield trading with Standish Mellon. Before joining the company in 1997, he was an analyst and portfolio manager for Longfellow Investment Management, and a high-grade corporate bond strategist at
McNichols, a secondary portfolio manager for the fund, is Standish Mellon's director of credit research and investment. Prior to joining Standish Mellon in 1993, he was an analyst with
The arrival of Uhrig and McNichols should be a good sign for Dreyfus, which, according to