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Manager changes, March 2020

By Chip

Most months, 50 or 60 equity-oriented funds and ETFs undergo partial or complete changes to the management teams. Perhaps owing to our strained physical and financial environment, the number of changes this month is substantially lower: 38. Three of those are occasioned by retirements and 11 more are simply adding a member to an existing team. On whole, the industry seems to be focusing its energy elsewhere this month.

And good for them!

Ticker Fund Out with the old In with the new Dt
BGEIX American Century Global Gold Fund Elizabeth Xie is no longer listed as a portfolio manager for the fund. Yulin Long will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
BIGRX American Century Income and Growth Fund Brian Garbe will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Steven Rossi joins Claudia Musat in managing the fund. 3/20
ACEVX American Century International Value Fund No one, but . . . Tsuyoshi Ozaki has joined Yulin Long on the management team. 3/20
AOGIX American Century One Choice Portfolio: Aggressive No one, but . . . Brian Garbe joins Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, and Vidya Rajappa on the management team. 3/20
AOCIX American Century One Choice Portfolio: Conservative No one, but . . . Brian Garbe joins Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, and Vidya Rajappa on the management team. 3/20
AOMIX American Century One Choice Portfolio: Moderate No one, but . . . Brian Garbe joins Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, and Vidya Rajappa on the management team. 3/20
AOVIX American Century One Choice Portfolio: Very Aggressive No one, but . . . Brian Garbe joins Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, and Vidya Rajappa on the management team. 3/20
AONIX American Century One Choice Portfolio: Very Conservative No one, but . . . Brian Garbe joins Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, and Vidya Rajappa on the management team. 3/20
ASQIX American Century Small Company Brian Garbe will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Steven Rossi will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
AAAIX American Century Strategic Allocation: Aggressive No one, but . . . Brian Garbe joins Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, and Vidya Rajappa on the management team. 3/20
AACCX American Century Strategic Allocation: Conservative No one, but . . . Brian Garbe joins Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, and Vidya Rajappa on the management team. 3/20
ASAMX American Century Strategic Allocation: Moderate No one, but . . . Brian Garbe joins Richard Weiss, Scott Wilson, Radu Gabudean, and Vidya Rajappa on the management team. 3/20
CHTTX AMG Managers Fairpointe Mid Cap Fund Effective as of April 30, 2020, Marie Lorden will retire from Fairpointe Capital LLC and no longer serve as a portfolio manager of the fund. Thyra Zerhusen, Frances Tuite, and Brian Washkowiak will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
ASUIX Arabesque Systematic USA Fund Philipp Müller will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Gilles Jacobs has joined Dr. Hans-Robert Arndt in managing the fund. 3/20
ADJEX Azzad Ethical Fund Ziegler Capital Management, LLC will no longer serve as sub-adviser to the fund and Christian Greiner will no longer manage the fund. Jamal Elbarmil will now manage the fund. 3/20
LMANX BrandywineGLOBAL – Alternative Credit Fund Gerhardt “Gary” Herbert is no longer listed as a portfolio manager for the fund. Tracy Chen and Brian Kloss will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
LFLSX BrandywineGLOBAL – Global Flexible Income Fund Gerhardt “Gary” Herbert is no longer listed as a portfolio manager for the fund. Tracy Chen, Brian Kloss, Jack McIntyre, and Anujeet Sareen will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
LMZIX BrandywineGLOBAL – Global High Yield Fund Gerhardt “Gary” Herbert is no longer listed as a portfolio manager for the fund. Tracy Chen and Brian Kloss will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
FSELX Fidelity Select Semiconductors No one at the moment, but Stephen Barwikowski is expected to retire at the end of June. Adam Benjamin joins Mr. Barwikowski on the management team and will continue to manage the fund upon his retirement. 3/20
GSCAX Goldman Sachs Commodity Strategy Fund Mark Van Wyk will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Peter Stone joins Samuel Finkelstein in managing the fund. 3/20
IHGIX Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund  Effective immediately, Mark Vincent will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Nataliya Kofman, Matthew Baker, and Edward Bousa will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
HGOAX Hartford Growth Opportunities Michael Carmen is no longer listed as a portfolio manager for the fund. Mario Abularach and Stephen Mortimer will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
JHVIX John Hancock Funds II International Value Fund Peter Nori and Christopher Peel no longer manage the fund. Joseph Feeney, Christopher Hart, Joshua Jones, and Joshua White will now manage the fund. 3/20
MOTAX MassMutual Select Fundamental Growth Fund Joel Thomson will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Richard Lee, Timothy Manning, Ethan Meyers, and William Muggia will now manage the fund. 3/20
ANTVX NT International Value Fund No one, but . . . Tsuyoshi Ozaki has joined Yulin Long on the management team. 3/20
JCE Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund Jody Hrazanek is no longer a portfolio manager of the fund. David Friar, Adrian Banner, and Vassilios Papathanakos will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
DIAX Nuveen Dow 30 Dynamic Overwrite Fund  Jody Hrazanek is no longer a portfolio manager of the fund. David Friar will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund Jody Hrazanek is no longer a portfolio manager of the fund. David Friar will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
SPXX Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund  Jody Hrazanek is no longer a portfolio manager of the fund. David Friar will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
RLY SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF John Gulino will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Robert Guiliano and Michael Martel will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
XLSR SPDR SSGA US Sector Rotation ETF John Gulino will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Michael Martel and Michael Narkiewicz will continue to manage the fund. 3/20
TQSMX T. Rowe Price QM U.S. Small & Mid-Cap Core Equity Fund No one, but . . . Vidya Kadiyam and Navneesh Malhan will join Sudhir Nanda and Prashant Jeyaganesh on the management team. 3/20
TCWAX Templeton China World Fund Yu-Jen Shih is no longer listed as a portfolio manager for the fund. Eric Mok joins Michael Lai in managing the fund. 3/20
TECGX TIAA-CREF Quant Large-Cap Growth Fund James Johnson is no longer listed as a portfolio manager for the fund. Max Kozlov will continue to serve as portfolio manager of the fund. 3/20
TELCX TIAA-CREF Quant Large-Cap Value Fund James Johnson is no longer listed as a portfolio manager for the fund. Max Kozlov will continue to serve as portfolio manager of the fund. 3/20
VPGDX Vanguard Managed Payout Fund John Ameriks will no longer serve as a portfolio manager for the fund. Fei Xu will join Anatoly Shtekhman in managing the fund. 3/20
VWELX Vanguard Wellington No one immediately, but Edward Bousa will retire effective June 30, 2020. Loren Moran, Daniel Pozen, and Michael Stack will continue to manage the fund upon Mr. Bousa’s retirement. 3/20
DTLGX Wilshire Large Company Growth Effective on or about March 24, 2020, Victory Capital Management Inc. no longer serves as a subadviser of the fund. Wilshire and Fred Alger Management, LLC will now subadvise the fund. 3/20

 

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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.