| Fund Inception | 02/18/2020 |
| Name of Issuer | American Beacon |
| Fund Advisor(s) | American Beacon Advisors Inc |
| Sub-Advisor(s) | TwentyFour Asset Management (US) LP |
Fund Managers for TFBAX
Chris Bowie
Portfolio Manager since 02/18/2020
Chris has been managing fixed income portfolios for over 25 years, both across global credit and government bonds. Chris is one of the partners of TwentyFour and a member of the portfolio management team, where his primary responsibility is the management of the Outcome Driven business line.
Before joining TwentyFour in September 2014, Chris was Head of Credit portfolio management for ten years at Ignis Asset Management and was responsible for the firm’s £14bn of retail, institutional and insurance credit portfolios. Chris achieved top decile investment performance for the Ignis Corporate Bond Fund over 5 years, leading to a AAA rating from Citywire and a Bronze rating from Morningstar. Citywire also ranked Chris 14th out of 1,000 of the world’s top investment managers for three year risk-adjusted performance in 2012, across fixed income, equity, property and cash asset classes.
Between 2000 and 2004, Chris was Head of Rates at AEGON Asset Management in Edinburgh, responsible for £7bn of Rates portfolios across UK and Global Sovereign bond funds. Prior to this, from 1994 to 2000, Chris was a Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Murray Johnstone Ltd. which was acquired by Aberdeen Asset Management in 2000. Here, Chris covered both credit and government bond portfolios for both retail and institutional clients. Prior to his fund management career, Chris was an Analyst/Programmer for National Australia Bank. Chris holds the ASIP designation.
Gordon Shannon
Portfolio Manager since 02/18/2020
Gordon is one of the partners at TwentyFour having joined in 2015 as a Portfolio Manager. He has over 15 years of experience in fixed income. Gordon’s main responsibility is as Co-Head of the Outcome Driven Business line. Gordon is also a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and ESG steering group.
Before joining TwentyFour, Gordon was a portfolio manager at Ignis Asset Management, helping to run £14bn of retail, institutional and insurance portfolios on the firm’s credit desk. Gordon worked at Ignis for 8 years running several euro and sterling corporate bond mandates. While at Ignis Gordon became a CFA Charterholder. Prior to this Gordon worked as a Pensions Consultant at Watson Wyatt for two years, after graduating from Cambridge University in 2005 with a degree in Economics.
Graeme Anderson
Portfolio Manager since 02/18/2020
Graeme is one of the founding partners of TwentyFour Asset Management, and serves as the firm’s Executive Committee Chairman. He is also Chairman of the Asset Allocation Committee and a member of the firms Risk and Compliance Committee.
During his 33 years in fixed income markets, Graeme has held a variety of leadership roles in both asset management (Britannia Asset Management) and investment banking (Barclays Capital, Greenwich NatWest and Merrill Lynch).
Jack Daley
Portfolio Manager since 02/18/2020
Jack originally joined TwentyFour in 2013 as an Operations Analyst before moving to the Outcome Driven team. His primary responsibilities involve assisting in the management and day-to-day activities of the team, which manages strategies including the Corporate Bond Fund and Absolute Return Credit Fund.
Prior to joining TwentyFour, Jack worked in the investment team at VenCap International Plc as an Investment Associate. Jack graduated from Loughborough University in 2011 with a BSc in Management Science. Jack is also a CFA Charterholder.
Johnathan Owen
Portfolio Manager since 10/28/2021
Johnathan joined TwentyFour in 2018 as a Portfolio Assistant in the Outcome Driven team. His primary responsibilities involve assisting in the management and day-to-day activities of the team, which manages strategies including the Corporate Bond Fund and Absolute Return Credit Fund.
Prior to joining TwentyFour, Johnathan completed an internship at Baillie Gifford and spent 6 months as a Process Engineer with Xodus Group, an Oil and Gas Consultancy. Johnathan graduated from Edinburgh University in 2018 with a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering.
