Institutional Portfolio Manager, Quantitative/Fundamental Equities
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Represented portfolio management team with major institutional investors and consultants, retail due-diligence teams and large financial advisor audiences worldwide. Strategies included US large cap core, US large cap growth, US large cap value, US small cap, global core, global low volatility, European and Emerging Market equities. Met with investors globally to explain the investment philosophy, process and performance of portfolios and to provide updates on overall financial market performance, economic trends and the firm's economic outlook. Responsible for cash and exceptions management. Worked closely with partners in global distribution to effectively increase awareness and understanding of team’s investment capabilities spectrum.• Contributed significantly to increasing team’s assets from $3 billion to over $20 billion across all strategies• Helped increase the number of team’s strategies from less than 10 to over 25• Heightened team’s brand awareness globally by: o conducting 10 interviews for publications in 6 countries o presenting at 25 conferences in 14 countries o co-authoring 5 white papers on Emerging Market, low volatility and quantitative/fundamental investing (which was referenced in Priest WW, Bleiberg SD, Welhoelter MW. Winning at Active Management: The Essential Roles of Culture, Philosophy, and Technology. 2016. John Wiley & Sons.)• Received firm’s Swanson Award for 3 consecutive years in recognition of my outstanding support of MFS’ global distribution team• Taught an evening course in Waseda University’s Executive MBA program in Tokyo