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Advisor Information for BWLIX

Fund Inception02/03/2012
Name of IssuerAmerican Beacon
Fund Advisor(s)American Beacon Advisors Inc
Sub-Advisor(s)Numeric Investors LLC

Fund Managers for BWLIX

Daniel Taylor
Portfolio Manager since 05/01/2024
Dan is the Director of Hedge Fund Strategies and is responsible for the day-to-day management of  Numeric’s Hedge Fund offerings, including the Absolute Return Strategy.  He is also a member of the Strategic Alpha Research Team and Numeric’s Investment Committee.  Dan served as Director of Small Cap Strategies from 2004 to 2010.  He has conducted a wide range of research, including areas such as momentum, earnings quality, valuation, investor behavior, and market timing.  He joined Numeric as an intern in 1998 and began working full time in 1999 after receiving his B.A. in Economics with honors from Harvard University.  Dan is a CFA charterholder.
Ben Zhao
Portfolio Manager since 05/01/2024
Ben Zhao is a portfolio manager at Numeric. Ben joined Numeric as a quantitative researcher in 2017. Prior to joining Numeric, Ben worked as a quantitative trading strategist at Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo in Boston. Ben graduated from Duke University with a doctorate degree in economics with a focus on financial econometrics. In addition, he received a master’s degree in economics from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jeremy Wee
Portfolio Manager since 05/01/2025
Jeremy Wee is a senior portfolio manager at Man Numeric. He leads the day-to-day management of the US and global portfolios and assists in managing other strategies. Jeremy also conducts research on model and process improvements for these strategies. He is also a member of the Man Group Responsible Investment Committee. Prior to joining Man Numeric in 2014, he was a portfolio manager at Batterymarch Financial Management for emerging markets and global managed volatility strategies. Prior to that, Jeremy held portfolio management and quantitative research roles at Blackstone and Citigroup Asset Management. Jeremy received a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. Jeremy is a CFA® charterholder.