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Advisor Information for PLAAX

Fund Inception11/27/2000
Name of IssuerUBS Asset Management
Fund Advisor(s)UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC
Sub-Advisor(s)Polen Capital Management, LLC
J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
GQG Partners LLC

Fund Managers for PLAAX

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.
Joseph Wilson
Portfolio Manager since 11/28/2016
Joe Wilson, Managing Director of JPMIM, is the lead portfolio manager on the Fund and is a member of the U.S. Equity Growth portfolio management team. Jason Yum, Executive Director of JPMIM and a CFA charterholder, is a research analyst focused on the technology sector on the U.S. Equity Growth investment team. As part of the team’s investment process Messrs. Wilson and Yum meet to discuss the merits and risks of investment ideas for the Fund. Messrs. Wilson and Yum follow the same investment process, philosophy and research resources, and in Mr. Wilson’s absence, Mr. Yum will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the portfolio. Mr. Wilson has been a portfolio manager in the JPMorgan U.S. Equity Group since 2017 and joined JPMIM in 2014. Mr. Yum has worked as a research analyst for JPMIM since 2021 and has been a technology analyst in the industry since 2010.
Giri Devulapally
Portfolio Manager since 02/16/2017
Mr. Devulapally is a Managing Director at J.P. MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC and a portfolio manager in the JPMorgan U.S. Equity Group. He has been with the firm since 2003. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for T. Rowe Price for six years, where he was an analyst specializing in technology and telecommunications. Giri received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from the University of Chicago. He is a CFA charterholder.
Mayoor Joshi
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2019
Mayoor Joshi is an Analyst within the MMS team, focusing on equity investment strategies. Mr. Joshi is part of the team responsible for manager selection, due diligence, portfolio construction, risk management, investment oversight, and performance of equity portfolios. Mr. Joshi joined UBS AM in April 2014. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Rocaton Investment Advisors, an institutional investment consulting firm, for seven years focusing on manager research.
Holly Morris
Portfolio Manager since 11/16/2020
Ms. Fleiss is a Managing Director at JPMIM and a co-portfolio manager in the JPMorgan U.S. Equity Group. She has been with the firm since 2012.
Larry Lee
Portfolio Manager since 11/16/2020
Larry H. Lee, managing director, is a research analyst and portfolio manager within the U.S. Equity Group. Mr. Lee joined JPMorgan in 2006 and covers the financials and business services sector; he is also a co-portfolio manager of the JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Strategy. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from University of Chicago.
Daniel Davidowitz
Portfolio Manager since 12/14/2021
Dan Davidowitz is lead Portfolio Manager of Polen Capital's Focus Growth strategy. Prior to joining Polen Capital in 2005, Dan spent five years as Vice President and Research Analyst at Osprey Partners Investment Management. Previously, Dan spent one year as a Research Analyst at Value Line, Inc. and five years in the health care sector, holding various analytical positions at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dan received a B.S. with high honors in Public Health from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from the City University of New York, Baruch College Zicklin School of Business. Dan is
Rajiv Jain
Portfolio Manager since 12/14/2021
Rajiv Jain is the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of GQG Partners and also serves as a portfolio manager for all of the firm’s strategies. He commenced investment operations at GQG Partners in June 2016 and has over 25 years of investment experience. Previously, Rajiv served as a Co-Chief Executive Officer (from July 2014) and Chief Investment Officer and Head of Equities (from February 2002) at Vontobel Asset Management. He joined Vontobel Asset Management as a co-portfolio manager of Emerging Markets Equities and International Equities in November 1994.
Sudarshan Murthy
Portfolio Manager since 12/14/2021
Sudarshan is a portfolio manager for all GQG Partners strategies. He was deputy portfolio manager for GQG Partners’ Emerging Markets Equity strategy from 2019 through June 2022 and has been a senior investment analyst on the investment team since he joined the firm in 2016. Prior to joining GQG Partners, he spent five years as a generalist analyst in Asian equities at Matthews International Capital. Sudarshan’s previous experience also includesworking as a sell-side research associate at Sanford C. Bernstein.
Brian Kersmanc
Portfolio Manager since 07/31/2022
Brian is a portfolio manager for all GQG Partners strategies. He was deputy portfolio manager for GQG Partners’ International Equity strategy from 2019 through June 2022 and has been a senior investment analyst on the investment team since he joined the firm in 2016. Prior to joining GQG Partners, Brian spent six years at Jennison Associates, where he served most recently as an analyst on the Small/Midcap Equity Research team. Prior to Jennison, Brian began his career at Brown Brothers Harriman in 2008. Brian earned his MBA at Rutgers University and his BA from the University of Connecticut.
Shu-Han Hsu
Portfolio Manager since 11/28/2022
Shu-Han Hsu is a Research Analyst within the PACE Portfolio Management Team of Investment Solution. Mr. Hsu's duties include analytical research in subadvisor selection and monitoring, risk management and portfolio construction for multi-managed PACE equity portfolios. Prior to joining the PACE Portfolio Management Team in 2021, he was an Investment Risk Officer for UBS Hedge Fund Solutions (HFS) and responsible for risk quantitative research. Before joining UBS in 2017, he worked at Cathay Life Insurance in Taiwan (2014-2016) as a fixed income analyst focusing on Greater China Fixed Income and Macro Economics. Mr. Hsu has seven years of investment experience.
Robert Maloney
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2022
Robert Maloney, executive director, is a research analyst within the U.S. Equity Group. An employee since 2013, Robert is responsible for the industrials and energy sectors for the J.P. Morgan Large Cap Growth Strategy. Prior to joining the firm, Robert spent ten years as a sell side analyst at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. At Morgan Stanley Robert served as the lead associate on their Large Cap Industrials team and later as the senior analyst covering Small/Mid Cap Industrials. Robert also worked as the industrials trading desk analyst at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse covering a broad-range of industrial verticals. Prior to that Robert worked as a consultant to the US Department of Defense and the United Nations. Robert holds a B.A. in International Politics from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He is a member of the CFA Institute and a CFA charterholder.
Damon Ficklin
Portfolio Manager since 01/05/2024
Damon Ficklin is Head of Team for Polen Capital's Large Company Growth team, where he is responsible for leading the Large Company Growth team and maintaining the investment philosophy. Damon also serves as lead Portfolio Manager of Polen Capital's Global Growth strategy and co-Portfolio Manager of the firm's flagship Focus Growth Strategy. Damon began his career at the firm in 2003, serving as Research Analyst. Prior to joining Polen Capital in 2003, Damon was an Equity Analyst at Morningstar covering the health care sector, and a tax consultant at Price Waterhouse helping Fortune 500 companies implement tax strategies. Damon graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Florida with a B.S. in Accounting. Damon earned an M.S. in Accounting from Appalachian State University and an M.B.A. with high honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Finance and Economics. Damon is a member of the Board of Directors and serves on the Investment Committee for Make-A-Wish Southern Florida.
Shreya Rajbhandary
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2026
Shreya Rajbhandary serves as an Associate Portfolio Manager for multi-managed strategies within the Partnership Solutions group of UBS AM. He is primarily responsible for equity investment capabilities. In that capacity, his duties include sub-advisor due diligence and selection, investment and performance oversight, risk management, and portfolio construction. Prior to joining UBS in 2022, Mr. Rajbhandary worked as a Portfolio Analyst at Russell Investments, where he provided research and analysis to support investment decision making, construction, and implementation of US equity portfolios.