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Advisor Information for PBNAX

Fund Inception12/11/2000
Name of IssuerUBS Asset Management
Fund Advisor(s)UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC
Sub-Advisor(s)Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC

Fund Managers for PBNAX

Mabel Lung
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/1995
• Mabel has been an integral member in portfolio management of Multi-Asset and Multi-Component Portfolios since 2000 when UBS Asset Management launched the UBS Multi-Asset Managed Accounts Program. • Recognizing the importance of after-tax investment results to US private clients, Mabel led her team to launch Personalized Tax Management in 2011 as a tax overlay investment service to multi-asset portfolios. • Mabel has significant experience in manager selection, overseeing $30 billion of assets for institutional and private clients globally through open architecture of best-in-class managers in liquid strategies, combined with a keen focus on risk-aware and holistic portfolio construction. • Mabel joined the firm in 1984, after her graduate study in business administration and has held various positions in finance, treasury, strategic and business planning, prior to joining the asset management division of the firm in 1995. • Prior to business school, she was a corporate finance analyst at an investment banking firm.
Fred Lee
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2009
Fred Lee, CFA, as the Head of Portfolio Construction & Quantitative Research within the MMS team since January 2009, oversees the portfolio construction process in determining the specific allocations to individual managers. He also leads the team responsible for the quantitative assessment of managers. Mr. Lee is located in the London office of UBS AM, which he joined in 2006 as a Risk Analyst where he provided risk assessment and monitoring for all client portfolios and enhanced proprietary risk models. Prior to joining UBS AM, Mr. Lee worked as a consultant for MSCI Barra providing advice to large investment managers across Europe on the interpretation and use of risk models and analytics.
Thanos Bardas
Portfolio Manager since 01/21/2015
Thanos Bardas, PhD, Managing Director, joined the firm in 1998. Thanos is the Head of Global Rates and serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager on Global Investment Grade and Multi-Sector Fixed income strategies. He sits on the firm’s Asset Allocation Committee and Fixed Income’s Investment Strategy Committee, and is a member of the Fixed Income Multi-Sector Group. Thanos also leads the Global Rates team in determining rates exposure across various portfolio strategies and oversees both inflation and LDI investments. Thanos graduated with honors from Aristotle University, Greece, earned his MS from the University of Crete, Greece, and holdsa PhD in Theoretical Physics from State University of New York at Stony Brook. He holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 licenses.
David Brown
Portfolio Manager since 01/21/2015
David M. Brown, CFA, Managing Director, rejoined Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (“NBIA”) in 2003. Dave is Global Co-Head of Investment Grade and acts as Senior Portfolio Manager on both Global Investment Grade and Multi-Sector Fixed Income strategies. He is a member of the Fixed Income Investment Strategy Committee and the Fixed Income Multi-Sector Group. Mr. Brown also leads the Investment Grade Credit team in determining credit exposures across both Global Investment Grade and Multi-Sector Fixed Income strategies. Mr. Brown initially joined NBIA in 1991 after graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Government and subsequently received his MBA in Finance from Northwestern University. Prior to his return, he was a senior credit analyst at Zurich Scudder Investments and later a credit analyst and portfolio manager at Deerfield Capital. Mr. Brown has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Ashok Bhatia
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2017
Ashok Bhatia, CFA, Managing Director, joined the firm in 2017. Ashok is Co-Chief Investment Officer for Fixed Income, co-Head of Multi-Sector Fixed Income, and a member of Neuberger Berman's Partnership and Asset Allocation Committees and Fixed Income's Investment Strategy Committee. Previously, Ashok has held senior investment and leadership positions in several asset management firms and hedge funds, including Wells Fargo Asset Management, Balyasny Asset Management and Stark Investments. Ashok has had investment responsibilities across global fixed income and currency markets. Ashok began his career in 1993 as an investment analyst at Morgan Stanley. Ashok received a BA with high honors in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago. He has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation
Adam Grotzinger
Portfolio Manager since 11/27/2019
Adam Grotzinger, CFA, Managing Director, joined the firm in 2015. Adam is a Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager based in Chicago. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman, Adam worked in the Fixed Income teams at Franklin Templeton in Singapore, London and California. Adam graduated Cum Laude from the University of Vermont with a B.S. in International Business and a minor in Political Science. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder and member of the Chicago CFA society
Chris Andersen
Portfolio Manager since 05/31/2021
Christopher is Head of Portfolio Management, Americas House View Portfolios for UBS Asset Management. In his role, Christopher is responsible for leading the portfolio management activities of portfolios offered to UBS Wealth Management clients that are aligned with UBS Wealth Management House Views. In that capacity, he leads a team of portfolio managers responsible for the House View Portfolios, which implement the House View’s strategic and tactical asset allocations, with passive and active pooled vehicles and individual securities. Christopher is deputy-chair and a voting member of the Managed Account Solutions Investment Committee. The Investment Committee reviews and approves investment strategies, prior to implementation, in the House View portfolios. Prior to moving to UBS Asset Management in November 2020, Christopher was promoted to Head of Portfolio Construction Americas for UBS Global Wealth Management in 2018. Christopher led the portfolio management activities of the team of portfolio managers responsible for the UBS Managed Portfolios (renamed as House View Portfolios). Christopher chaired the Investment Management Investment Committee (IMIC) and was a member of the Investment Management Research Committee (IMRC). Prior to joining UBS in 2012, Christopher spent 15 years with New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) overseeing the company’s Investment Consulting Group. In this role, he was responsible for the independent oversight of investment activities of the Mainstay Funds, as well as manager selection across asset allocation strategies, sub-advisory mandates and NYLIM's mutual fund M&A activities. Christopher received a B.A. in economics and German from Binghamton University.  Christopher holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Society New York. He is FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licensed.
David Kelly
Portfolio Manager since 05/31/2021
David Kelly is a portfolio manager for Americas House View Portfolios for UBS AM. Mr. Kelly is responsible for managing portfolios offered to UBS Financial Services clients that are aligned with UBS Financial Services House Views. He is a voting member of the Managed Account Solutions Investment Committee. Prior to joining UBS AM in May 2021, Mr. Kelly was a portfolio manager in the Investment Management group of UBS Financial Services, where he was responsible for strategy selection, portfolio construction and management of the multi-managed strategies. Mr. Kelly was a voting member of the Investment Management Investment Committee and was a member of the Investment Management Research Committee. Prior to joining UBS in 2004, Mr. Kelly worked at Merrill Lynch for 15 years where he served in a variety of municipal and taxable fixed income capacities, including private client sales, municipal new issue marketing and fixed income portfolio construction.
Mohit Mittal
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2021
Mr. Mittal is CIO Core Strategies and a managing director based in the Newport Beach office. He is a member of the Investment Committee and a portfolio manager for fixed income multi-sector portfolios across the duration and credit spectrum. As CIO Core Strategies, Mr. Mittal has leadership and oversight responsibilities for long-only strategies across PIMCO's Low and Moderate Duration, Total Return, and Long Duration strategy suite. Morningstar named him winner of the 2020 U.S. Morningstar Award for Investing Excellence in the Rising Talent category.
Neil Hohmann
Portfolio Manager since 08/12/2022
Mr. Hohmann has directed BBH’s structured products strategy and credit research since 2007. He is also involved in the management of BBH’s fixed income positions in financial companies. Prior to joining Brown Brothers in 2006, Mr. Hohmann was a director of structured products at Munich Re for four years and prior to that, a director of research in capital markets at Swiss Re. Mr. Hohmann graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction from Yale University and earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Andrew Hofer
Portfolio Manager since 08/12/2022
Andrew P. Hofer, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Head of Taxable Portfolio Management. Mr. Hofer joined BBH in 1988 and spent his first 10 years as both a generalist banker and then as a financial institutions specialist. He joined Investment Management in 1998 as Head of Insurance Asset Management, and from 2003-2006 was Investment Management's Chief Operating Officer and Head of Risk Management. Mr. Hofer earned a BA in East Asian studies from Yale, and an MIA (Master of International Affairs) from Columbia University. He is also the Chairman of Learning Ally, a not-for-profit provider and advocate of accessible learning materials.
Paul Kunz
Portfolio Manager since 08/12/2022
Mr. Kunz joined BBH in 2013 as a Portfolio Manager and Senior Credit Analyst. He has over 20 years of investing experience across high yield bonds, leveraged loans, and distressed credit restructurings. Prior to joining BBH Investment Management, Mr. Kunz was a director and senior analyst in the high yield strategies group of Deutsche Asset Management. He formerly worked in similar capacities for Oppenheimer Funds, Halcyon Management, and SunAmerica Asset Management. Mr. Kunz started his professional career as an in-house attorney for financial services institutions. Mr. Kunz earned a BS in Finance from Villanova University, a JD from St. John’s University School of Law, an LLM in Corporate Law from New York University School of Law, and is a CFA Charterholder.
Marc Seidner
Portfolio Manager since 10/24/2022
Mr. Seidner is CIO Non-traditional Strategies, a managing director and head of portfolio management in the New York office. He is also a generalist portfolio manager and a member of the Investment Committee. He rejoined PIMCO in November 2014 after serving as head of fixed income at GMO LLC. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2009, he was a managing director and domestic fixed income portfolio manager at Harvard Management Company. Previously, he was director of active core strategies at Standish Mellon Asset Management. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Boston College.
Michael Cudzil
Portfolio Manager since 10/24/2022
Mr. Cudzil is a managing director in the Newport Beach office, a senior member of the liability-driven investment portfolio management team and a generalist portfolio manager. He has served as chair of the Americas Portfolio Committee, as a rotating member on the PIMCO Investment Committee and as co-head of the agency MBS portfolio management team. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2012, he worked as a managing director and head of pass-through trading at Nomura. Mr. Cudzil previously held similar roles at Bank of America and Lehman Brothers, as well as a senior trading position at Salomon Brothers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Eileen Wong
Portfolio Manager since 05/12/2023
Eileen serves as a Portfolio Manager for the Americas House View Portfolios within Managed Account Solutions in UBS Asset Management. In her role, Eileen is responsible for managing portfolios offered to UBS Wealth Management clients that are aligned with UBS Wealth Management House Views. Her responsibilities include implementing the House View’s strategic and tactical asset allocations, and portfolio construction and security selection of active and passive pooled vehicles. Eileen’s research coverage includes domestic taxable fixed income investments, sustainable investing fixed income investments, Master Limited Partnerships, and Real Estate Investment Trusts. She is also a member of the Managed Account Solutions Investment Committee, which reviews and approves investment strategies, prior to implementation, in the House View portfolios. Prior to moving to UBS Asset Management in November 2020, Eileen spent 10 years as a portfolio manager in the Investment Management group of UBS Global Wealth Management, where she was responsible for fixed income research and strategy selection, portfolio construction and management of multi-asset class portfolios. Eileen was a member of the Investment Management Investment Committee (IMIC) and was also a member of the Investment Management Research Committee (IMRC). Eileen joined the UBS Financial Services Taxable Fixed Income Strategy Group in 2000 as a Taxable Fixed Income Strategist where she developed bond strategies for UBS’s Financial Advisors, leveraging the firm's Wealth Management Research teams and Taxable Fixed Income traders. Prior to joining UBS in 2000, Eileen worked for Moody's Investors Service Inc. as a Senior Associate. Eileen received a B.S. in Finance and International Business from Manhattan College, at Riverdale, New York. Eileen is FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 66 licensed.