Because bond fund managers, traditionally, had made relatively modest impacts of their funds’ absolute returns, Manager Changes typically highlights changes in equity and hybrid funds.
Ticker |
Fund |
Out with the old |
In with the new |
Dt |
AOFAX |
Alger Growth Opportunities Fund |
Jill Greenwald is no longer listed as portfolio manager of the fund |
Amy Zhang is now portfolio manager of the fund; kudos to Alger for actually recognizing the fact – unknown to most of the industry – that women can be first-rate managers on first-rate funds. |
2/15 |
AHSAX |
Alger Health Sciences Fund |
Joel Emery is no longer listed as a portfolio manager |
Teresa McRoberts joins Dan Chung in managing the fund |
2/15 |
AMGAX |
Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund |
Joel Emery is no longer listed as a portfolio manager |
Teresa McRoberts joins Christopher Walsh, Brian Schulz, Michael Melnyk, Alex Goldman, and Ankur Crawford on the management team |
2/15 |
ALSAX |
Alger Small Cap Growth Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Jill Greenwald is joined by Amy Zhang in managing the fund |
2/15 |
FXDAX |
Altegris Fixed Income Long Short Fund |
No one, but . . . |
MAST Capital Management has been added as a subadvisor with Joe Lu, Peter Reed, and David Steinberg joining the existing team of Eric Bundonis, Robert Murphy, Kevin Schweitzer and Anilesh Ahuja. |
2/15 |
MCRAX |
Altegris Macro Strategy Fund |
No one, but . . . |
PhaseCapital has been added as a subadvisor with Pinaki Chatterjee and Geoffrey Goodell joining the team of Robert Murphy, Eric Bundonis, and John Tobin. |
2/15 |
MBDFX |
AMG Managers Total Return Bond Fund |
PIMCO is no longer a subadvisor to the fund and Mihir Worah, Scott Mather, and Mark Kiesel are no longer portfolio managers. |
Mary Kane, of subadvisor Gannet Welsh & Kotler, is the new portfolio manager. |
2/15 |
AHFAX |
Aurora Horizons Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Feingold O’Keeffe Capital has been added as a subadvisor. |
2/15 |
BMCRX |
BlackRock Flexible Equity Fund |
Timothy Keefe is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund |
Peter Stournaras takes over portfolio management of the fund |
2/15 |
BGORX |
BlackRock Global Opportunities |
No one, but . . . |
Simon McGeough joined Thomas Callan and Ian Jamieson in managing the fund |
2/15 |
BREAX |
BlackRock International Opportunities |
No one, but . . . |
Simon McGeough joined Thomas Callan and Ian Jamieson in managing the fund |
2/15 |
BMMAX |
BlackRock Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Achievement Asset Management has been added as a subadvisor, joining Independence Capital Asset Partners, LLC; LibreMax Capital, LLC; Meehan Combs, LP; Benefit Street Partners, LLC; and QMS Capital Management, LP. |
2/15 |
BRTNX |
Bretton Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Stephen Dodson will be joined by Raphael de Balmann in managing the fund and co-owning the adviser. |
2/15 |
BCSIX |
Brown Capital Management Small Company Fund |
Amy Zhang leaves for an opportunity to manage her own fund, Alger Growth Opportunities (AOFAX). |
Robert Hall, Keith Lee, Kempton Ingersol, Damien Davis, and Andrew Fones remain. |
2/15 |
LEGAX |
Columbia Large Cap Growth Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Tchintcia Barrows joins John Wilson and Peter Deininger in managing the fund |
2/15 |
DDMAX |
Deutsche Diversified Market Neutral Fund |
Henderson Alternative Investment Advisor Ltd. will be resigning as a subadvisor in mid-May. |
GAM International Management Limited will remain |
2/15 |
FABLX |
Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund |
Ford O’Neil is no longer listed as a portfolio manager |
Pramod Atluri has joined the team of Robert Stansky, Steven Kaye, Robert Lee, Douglas Simmons, Pierre Sorel, Peter Saperstone, Tobias Welo, Brian Lempel, Jonathan Kasen, and Monty Kori. |
2/15 |
FGBLX |
Fidelity Global Balanced Fund |
Risteard Hogan is off here after a year but remains at Fido Canada. |
The rest of the team, Ruben Calderon, Geoff Stein, Andy Weir, John Lo, Stephen DuFour, Maria Nikishkova, and Stefan Lindblad, remains |
2/15 |
FBNDX |
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Pramod Alturi joins Jeffrey Moore in managing the fund |
2/15 |
GCMAX |
Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Timothy Ryan joins the management team of Sean Gallagher, Andrew Braun, and Dolores Bamford |
2/15 |
HRMDX |
Heartland Mid Cap Value Fund |
Theodore Baszler has retired. |
Will Nasgovitz joins Colin McWey as a co-manager of the fund |
2/15 |
HRSVX |
Heartland Select Value Fund |
Theodore Baszler has retired. |
Colin McWey will join David Fondrie and Will Nasgovitz as a co-manager on the fund |
2/15 |
HDPBX |
Hodges Blue Chip 25 Fund |
Don Hodges has passed away at the age of 80 |
Gary Bradshaw, Craig Hodges, and Eric Marshall remain |
2/15 |
HDPEX |
Hodges Equity Income Fund |
Don Hodges has passed away at the age of 80 |
Gary Bradshaw, Craig Hodges, and Eric Marshall remain |
2/15 |
HDPMX |
Hodges Fund |
Don Hodges has passed away at the age of 80 |
Eric Marshall will join Craig Hodges as co-portfolio manager to the fund |
2/15 |
HDPCX |
Hodges Pure Contrarian Fund |
Don Hodges has passed away at the age of 80 |
Gary Bradshaw, Craig Hodges, and Eric Marshall remain |
2/15 |
HDPSX |
Hodges Small Cap Fund |
Don Hodges has passed away at the age of 80 |
Craig Hodges, Gary Bradshaw, and Eric Marshall remain |
2/15 |
HDSVX |
Hodges Small Intrinsic Value Fund |
Craig Hodges is no longer listed as a portfolio manager. |
Gary Bradshaw, Eric Marshall, Derek Maupin, and Chris Terry remain |
2/15 |
HDSMX |
Hodges Small-Mid Cap Fund |
Don Hodges has passed away at the age of 80 |
Gary Bradshaw, Craig Hodges, and Eric Marshall remain |
2/15 |
INHAX |
Inflation Hedges Strategy Fund |
Jeffrey Heuer and Lindsay Politi are out, and Wellington Management Company will no longer be a subadvisor to the fund. |
The rest of the extensive team remains. |
2/15 |
INHAX |
Inflation Hedges Strategy Fund |
Alec Petro passed away on December 21, 2014 |
The rest of the team remains. |
2/15 |
JVTAX |
Janus Venture Fund |
Maneesh Modi is no longer listed on the fund |
Jonathan Coleman remains as the sole portfolio manager |
2/15 |
OWLSX |
Old Westbury Large Cap Strategies Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Harding Loevner has been added as a subadvisor to the fund, and is responsible for day-to-day management. Consequently, Rusty Johnson, Craig Shaw, Pradipta Chakrabortty, Scott Crawshaw and Richard Schmidt have been added to the management team. Messrs. Johnson and Shaw will be co-lead portfolio managers. |
2/15 |
PBAAX |
PNC Balanced Allocation Fund |
Andrew Harding is no longer listed as a portfolio manager |
Sean Rhoderick will take over Mr. Harding’s portfolio management responsibilities. |
2/15 |
RHFRX |
Royce Heritage Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Steven McBoyle becomes the fund’s lead portfolio manager. Charles Royce and James Harvey continue to manage the fund with him. |
2/15 |
RINSX |
Russell International Developed Markets Fund |
James Carpenter and Philip Hoffman are no longer listed as portfolio managers |
Jon Eggins is now the portfolio manager |
2/15 |
RTIYX |
Russell Select International Equity Fund |
James Carpenter and Philip Hoffman are no longer listed as portfolio managers |
Jon Eggins is now the portfolio manager |
2/15 |
SNAEX |
Shroder North American Equity Fund |
Liane Evans has resigned from the fund. |
The rest of the team, Stuart Adrian, Stephen Langford, Ben Corris, James Larkman, and Jason Abercrombie, remain. |
2/15 |
THDAX |
Thornburg Developing World Fund |
Lewis Kaufman, the fund’s star manager, has decamped for the opportunity to manage a new Artisan fund. |
Ben Kirby and Charles Wilson are the new portfolio managers |
2/15 |
TSCGX |
Touchstone Capital Growth Fund |
Ashfield Capital Partners is out as a subadvisor to the fund. As a result, Gregory Jones, Peter Johnson, J. Stephen Lauck, and Marc Lieberman are no longer listed as portfolio managers. |
Russell Implementation Services will act as an interim advisor until The London Company comes on board at the end of April. William Hollister will serve as the portfolio manager until that time. |
2/15 |
IHIYX |
Transamerica High Yield Bond Fund |
Bradley Beman is no longer listed as a portfolio manager |
Kevin Bakker and James Schaeffer move up to co-lead portfolio manager positions. Benjamin Miller remains on the fund as a portfolio manager |
2/15 |
TMSCX |
Turner Medical Sciences Long/Short Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Robert Turner joins Michael Tung in managing the fund |
2/15 |
TSPCX |
Turner Spectrum |
No one, but … |
Mr. Turner has now added himself and his two sons to the management team; son Eric in mid-2014, himself and son Michael in early 2015. Not entirely clear that a $50 million fund needed three more managers but, hey, when you own the company … |
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VPDAX |
Vantagepoint Diversifying Strategies Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Stuart Spangler was added as a portfolio manager, joining Mark Shenkman |
2/15 |
SSVSX |
Victory Special Value Fund |
As part of a change in investment strategy, Gregory Ekizian is no longer listed as a portfolio manager. |
Lawrence Babin, Paul Danes, Carolyn Rains, Martin Shagrin, and Thomas Uutala comprise the new management team. |
2/15 |
NTKLX |
Voya Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund |
No one, but . . . |
Victory Capital Management has been added as a subadvisor to the fund. |
2/15 |
WTEIX |
Westcore Growth Fund |
Ross Moscatelli is no longer a portfolio manager |
Craig Juran will continue on. |
2/15 |
WRAAX |
Wilmington Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund |
Loeb King Capital will no longer be a subadvisor to the fund as part of their larger withdrawal from the fund world. |
Calamos Advisors, Highland Capital Management, and Highland Capital Healthcare Advisors will become new subadvisors to the fund. The list of old, new, continuing, provisional, and assistant night shift managers is extensive: 19. |
2/15 |
ZLSCX |
Ziegler Strategic Income |
Sergio Castellon left in January |
Brian Schuster joins Paula Horn in managing the fund. |
2/15 |