Fund Inception | 10/29/2001 |
Name of Issuer | Touchstone |
Fund Advisor(s) | Touchstone Advisors Inc |
Sub-Advisor(s) | Bramshill Investments LLC |
Fund Managers for FRACX
Art DeGaetano
Portfolio Manager since 11/30/2018
Mr. DeGaetano is the Chief Investment Officer and Founder of Bramshill Investments. Prior to
founding Bramshill, in 2012, Mr. DeGaetano was a Senior Portfolio Manager at GLG Partners LP
where he not only managed the predecessor to the Bramshill Income Performance Strategy, but
also managed a levered US credit portfolio for the GLG Market Neutral Fund. Combined Mr.
DeGaetano had approximately $375 million in assets under management for GLG Partners LP. Prior
to GLG Partners in 2007, Mr. DeGaetano was a Managing Director and Head of US Credit Trading
at RBS Greenwich Capital from 2005 through 2006. He traded and oversaw the credit trading desk,
comprised of 14 traders across corporate bonds, credit default swaps and index products from
investment grade to high yield averaging a $4 billion gross position. Prior to RBS Greenwich Capital,
he traded credit for 12 years for Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. He was a Senior Managing Director and
the Head Trader on the high yield trading desk from 2000 through 2004. He managed a group of 4
traders along with trading his own positions during this period overseeing a gross position of
approximately $1billion. His expertise has been in high beta sectors such as telecom, utilities, and
special situations. Prior to trading high yield, he was a Managing Director on the investment grade
trading desk at Bear Sterns from 1992 through 1999. Mr. DeGaetano has a B.A. from Colgate
University. Art is a member of the Columbus Citizens Foundation and actively supports student-athlete programs and scholarships through a family foundation.
Derek Pines
Portfolio Manager since 11/30/2018
Derek Pines is a Portfolio Manager and Analyst at Bramshill Investments. Prior to joining Bramshill Investments in 2012, Mr. Pines spent 10 years as a Proprietary Trader and Portfolio Manager specializing in quantitative strategies across a variety of asset classes, the bulk of that time with Assent (Sungard Financial) and most recently Chimera Securities. He also spent a year with Accenture in their Core Trading Services Group. Mr. Pines holds a Masters Graduate Certificate in Algorithmic Trading from Stevens University. Mr. Pines graduated cum laude with a B.S. in finance from Georgetown University.
Paul Van Lingen
Portfolio Manager since 11/30/2018
Mr. van Lingen is a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Bramshill Investments
specializing in Mortgage Backed Securities and all Structured Products. Prior to joining Bramshill
Investments in 2017, Mr. van Lingen was a Managing Director, Principal, and Portfolio Manager at
Rimrock Capital Management, a west coast Hedge Fund. He served as Head of All Structured
Products managing approximately four billion dollars in capital. Prior to that Mr. van Lingen was a
Managing Director at RBS Greenwich Capital where he managed day to day trading activities in the
residential securitization markets. He served as Head of Non-Agency MBS Trading managing
approximately four billion dollars in capital. Prior to RBS Greenwich, Mr. van Lingen was a Senior
Managing Director at Bear Stearns. Mr. van Lingen has a B.S. from New York University, Stern
School of Business.