Fund Inception | 11/15/1994 |
Name of Issuer | Natixis Funds |
Fund Advisor(s) | Natixis Advisors, LLC. |
Sub-Advisor(s) | Loomis, Sayles & Company LP Harris Associates L.P. |
Fund Managers for NESYX
Aziz Hamzaogullari
Portfolio Manager since 05/01/2011
Aziz Hamzaogullari is the founder and chief investment officer of the Growth Equity Strategies Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He is the portfolio manager of the Loomis Sayles Large Cap Growth, All Cap Growth, Global Growth and International Growth strategies, including the Loomis Sayles Growth, Global Growth and International Growth mutual funds and products outside the U.S.1 Aziz is also an executive vice president and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. He joined Loomis Sayles in 2010 from Evergreen Investments where he was a senior portfolio manager and managing director.
William Nygren
Portfolio Manager since 02/28/2014
• Vice President of the Oakmark Funds
• Portfolio Manager of the Oakmark Fund and the Oakmark Select Fund
• Portfolio Manager of the Oakmark U.S. Large Cap ETF
• Portfolio Manager of the U.S. Large Value Strategy
• BS (University of Minnesota, 1980)
• MS (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Applied Security Analysis Program, 1981)
• Director of Research at Harris Associates (1990-98); Equity Analyst with Harris Associates (1983-90); Investment Analyst with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. (1981-83)
Michael Mangan
Portfolio Manager since 08/01/2014
Michael J. Mangan, CFA® – Michael J. Mangan has co-managed the Harris Associates segment of Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities ETF since 2020. Mr. Mangan, a portfolio manager of Harris Associates joined the firm in 1997. Mr. Mangan received a B.B.A. from the University of Iowa and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. Mr. Mangan is a CPA, holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst® and has over 32 years of investment experience.
Michael Nicolas
Portfolio Manager since 01/28/2020
• Vice President of the Oakmark Funds
• Portfolio Manager of the Oakmark Fund and the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund
• Portfolio Manager of the Oakmark U.S. Large Cap ETF
• Portfolio Manager of the U.S. Large Value and Equity and Income Strategies
• BA (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002)
• Managing Director at Lakeview Investment Group (2005-13); Sr. Analyst at Stratford Advisory Group (2002-05)
Robert Bierig
Portfolio Manager since 08/01/2022
Robert Bierig is a Vice President, Portfolio Manager and U.S. Investment Analyst at Harris Associates L.P. He is a Portfolio Manager of the U.S. Equity and U.S. Concentrated Strategies and certain high net worth accounts. Prior to joining Harris Associates in 2012, he was a Managing Principal at Amethyst Capital Management, Managing Director at GEICO Investments, Investor at Frist Capital, Investment Analyst at ESL Investments and Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley. Robert has a BA from Duke University.