Manager changes, September 2015

By Chip

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
GASAX Aberdeen Diversified Alternatives Fund Allison Mortensen is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Michael Turner joins Richard Fonash in managing the fund. 9/15
GMAAX Aberdeen Diversified Income Fund Allison Mortensen is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Michael Turner joins Richard Fonash in managing the fund. 9/15
GMMAX Aberdeen Dynamic Allocation Fund Allison Mortensen is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Michael Turner joins Richard Fonash in managing the fund. 9/15
AMGAX Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund Brain Schulz is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Ankur Crawford, Teresa McRoberts, Christopher Walsh, Alex Goldman, and Michael Melnyk continue on. 9/15
FXDAX Altegris Fixed Income Long Short Fund James Nimberg has been removed as a portfolio manager of the fund. Additionally, Joe Lu is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Amin Majidi joins Kevin Schweitzer, Anilesh Ahuja, Eric Bundonis, Robert Murphy, Peter Reed, and David Steinbert in managing the fund. 9/15
ABIRX American Beacon International Equity Fund Kevin Durkin will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. The rest of the extensive team remains. 9/15
ABSAX  American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund E. Clifton Hoover is no longer a manager of the fund The rest of the extensive team remains. 9/15
ARSSX Aristotle Strategic Credit Fund Michael Hatley is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Douglas Lopez and Terence Reidt will continue to run the fun 9/15
AARIX ASTON/Harrison Street Real Estate Fund Reagan Pratt is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. James Kammert will continue on as the sole portfolio manager. 9/15
AHFAX Aurora Horizons Fund Kovitz Investment Group is out as a subadvisor to the fund The portion of the fund formerly managed by Kovitz has been allocated to the adviser and other subadvisers. 9/15
BBTBX Bridge Builder Bond Douglas Swanson will be taking a leave of absence. Barbara Miller will assume day-to-day management of the portion of the portfolio allocated to Douglas Swanson. The rest of the team remains. 9/15
Various Calamos, various funds Effective immediately, Gary Black will no longer be a member of the investment team managing any of the series of the Calamos Investment Trust. The remainder of the teams will continue on. 9/15
HIIFX Catalyst/SMH High Income Fund Morgan Neff will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Dwayne Moyers and Daniel Rudnitsky will continue to serve as portfolio managers 9/15
TRIFX Catalyst/SMH Total Return Income Fund Morgan Neff will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Dwayne Moyers and Daniel Rudnitsky will continue to serve as portfolio managers 9/15
CMUAX Columbia Mid Cap Value Fund No one, but . . . Nicolas Janvier joins Jonas Patrikson, Diane Sobin, and David Hoffman on the management team. 9/15
CMOTX Context Macro Opportunities Fund Douglas Dachille is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Mark Alexandridis, David Ho, Mattan Horowitz and Prasad Kadiyala continue to manage the fund. 9/15
DAREX Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund Scott Westphal will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. David Wharmby is now the sole portfolio manager. 9/15
FSCRX Fidelity Small Cap Discovery Fund Charles Myers will be taking a leave of absence until the third quarter of 2016. Derek Janssen has been named interim portfolio manager. 9/15
FAKSX Frost Mid Cap Equity Fund Luther King Capital Management is no longer a subadvisor to the fund. Paul Greenwell, J. Luther King, and Steven Purvis are no longer portfolio managers for the fund. The advisor takes over management of the fund, with the team of Tom Stringfellow, AB Mendez, and Bob Bambace. 9/15
HLDAX Hartford Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund Tieu-Bich Nguyen will no longer serve as a portfolio manager. James Valone, Evan Oullette and Michael Henry will remain as portfolio managers for the fund. 9/15
HSFAX HSBC Frontier Markets Fund Andrew Brudenell will no longer serve as a co-portfolio manager to the fund Chris Turner will continue to serve as portfolio manager to the fund 9/15
PGBOX JPMorgan Core Bond Fund Douglas Swanson will be taking a leave of absence. Barbara Miller will assume day-to-day management of the portion of the portfolio allocated to Douglas Swanson. The rest of the team remains. 9/15
KPLCX KP Large Cap Equity Fund No one, but . . . AQR Capital Management and Panagora Asset Management have been added as additional subadvisers. 9/15
LEOOX Lazard Enhanced Opportunities Portfolio Christopher Sferruzzo is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Sean Reynolds and Frank Bianco will continue to run the fund. 9/15
LEQAX LoCorr Long/Short Equity Fund No one, but . . . Kettle Hill Capital Management has been added as an additional subadviser. Andrew Kurita, of Kettle Hill, has joined the management team. 9/15
MYHAX MainStay High Yield Opportunities Fund From September 2016 to August 2017, Taylor Wagenseil will provide advisory support to the fund’s management team, but he will not have discretionary investment authority. It’s not clear what will happen in September 2017. Dan Roberts, Louis Cohen and Michael Kimble will continue to manage the fund. 9/15
MTRAX MainStay Income Builder Fund From September 2016 to August 2017, Taylor Wagenseil will provide advisory support to the fund’s management team, but he will not have discretionary investment authority. It’s not clear what will happen in September 2017. Dan Roberts, Louis Cohen and Michael Kimble will continue to manage the fund. 9/15
MASAX MainStay Unconstrained Bond Fund From September 2016 to August 2017, Taylor Wagenseil will provide advisory support to the fund’s management team, but he will not have discretionary investment authority. It’s not clear what will happen in September 2017. Dan Roberts, Louis Cohen and Michael Kimble will continue to manage the fund. 9/15
NMIEX Northern Multi-Manager International Equity Fund Northern Cross will no longer be a subadvisor to the fund. The remainder of the extensive team carries on. 9/15
NMMCX Northern Multi-Manager Mid Cap Fund Systematic Financial Management will no longer be a subadvisor to the fund. Vaughan Nelson Investment will join as a new subadvisor. 9/15
PXEAX Pax World Global Environmental Markets Fund Simon Gottelier is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Bruce Jenkyn-Jones and Hubert Aarts will carry on. 9/15
FMARX Rx Tactical Rotation Fund (formerly the Rx MAR Tactical Conservative Fund) The Board of Trustees approved a change in subadviser, removing BFP Capital Management, and bringing in Newfound Research. As a result, David Haviland will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. The change has been approved, in writing, by the fund’s sole shareholder. Corey Hoffstein and Justin Sibears will continue to manage the fund. 9/15
SMHRX SMH Representation Trust Morgan Neff will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Dwayne Moyers and Daniel Rudnitsky will continue to serve as portfolio managers 9/15
FNAPX Strategic Advisers Small-Mid Cap Fund No one, but . . . AllianceBernstein L.P. has been added as an eleventh subadvisor to the fund. 9/15
FVSAX Strategic Advisers Value Fund Kristina Stookey is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Gopalakrishnan Anantanatarajan  has joined the other dozen managers on the team. 9/15
TSWEX TS&W Equity Portfolio Elizabeth Cabell Jennings and Paul Ferwerda are no longer serving as portfolio managers to the fund. Brett Hawkins, S. Preston Dillard and G. Gary Garland are now managing the fund. 9/15
VFSVX  Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund Michael D. Eyre will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Jeffrey Miller takes over management of the fund. 9/15
VMGAX Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund Michael D. Eyre will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Gerard O’Reilly takes over management of the fund. 9/15
VMVLX Vanguard Mega Cap Value Index Fund Michael D. Eyre will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Gerard O’Reilly takes over management of the fund. 9/15
VRTGX Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund Michael D. Eyre will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Walter Nejman takes over management of the fund. 9/15
VRTIX Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund Michael D. Eyre will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Walter Nejman takes over management of the fund. 9/15
VRTVX Vanguard Russell 2000 Value Index Fund Michael D. Eyre will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Walter Nejman takes over management of the fund. 9/15
IEDAX Voya Large Cap Value Fund Robert Kloss is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Christopher Corapi, Vincent Costa, and Kristy Finnegan remain on the team. 9/15
AIMAX Voya Mid Cap Value Advantage Fund Robert Kloss is no longer listed as a portfolio manager on the fund. Christopher Corapi, Vincent Costa, and Kristy Finnegan remain on the team. 9/15
WAAEX Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund No one, but . . . Effective February 1, 2016, JB Taylor will be the lead manager of the fund and Jeff Cardon will be a portfolio manager of the fund. 9/15
WVLEX Worthington Value Line (formerly Worthington Value Line Equity Advantage Fund) No one, but . . . Liane Rosenberg joins Cindy Starke in managing the fund. 9/15

 

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Cheryl Welsch, MBA (Western Governors). Cofounder, technical director. Chip is the dean of curriculum and accreditation at Eastern Iowa Community Colleges. Chip is responsible for making the Observer actually happen; in cooperation with our graphic designer, she also controls how the Observer looks and acts. She also writes our monthly Manager Changes feature and whittles away at the typofest in our drafts.