{"id":73680,"date":"2018-09-19T00:41:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T22:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/mobilite\/loomis-sayles-announces-senior-loan-portfolio-manager-retirement\/"},"modified":"2018-09-19T00:41:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T22:41:31","slug":"loomis-sayles-announces-senior-loan-portfolio-manager-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/asset-management\/mobilite\/loomis-sayles-announces-senior-loan-portfolio-manager-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Loomis Sayles announces senior loan portfolio manager retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All senior loan portfolios<br \/>\nwill continue to be co-managed by portfolio managers John Bell and Michael Klawitter, who have<br \/>\nbeen members of the team for 17 and 16 years, respectively. The team oversees approximately $10.7<br \/>\nbillion1<br \/>\nin institutional and retail assets for global clients.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cKevin has embodied Loomis Sayles\u2019 values of collaboration, humility and prudent risk-taking every<br \/>\nday since he and John joined us in 2001,\u201d<\/em> said Kevin Charleston, chief executive officer. <em>\u201cKevin and<br \/>\nJohn are considered pioneers in the bank loan market and their efforts have led to clients entrusting us<br \/>\nwith the management of more than $10 billion in bank loan assets. We are grateful for Kevin\u2019s<br \/>\ncontributions to our firm, and to bank loan investing, and wish him the best in retirement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Until his retirement date, Kevin will continue in his leadership and portfolio management roles to<br \/>\nensure a seamless transition and provide continuity for clients. There will be no changes to the team\u2019s<br \/>\nstyle or investment philosophy. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA hallmark of our senior loan team is that it is comprised of tenured investment professionals with<br \/>\ndeep expertise in the bank loan market, and we are confident in the team\u2019s experience and ability to<br \/>\ncarry this legacy forward,\u201d<\/em> said Jae Park, chief investment officer. <em>\u201cUnder John\u2019s continued leadership,<br \/>\nwe believe the team is well-resourced and positioned for additional success.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>John joined Loomis Sayles in 2001, with Kevin Perry, to build the firm\u2019s bank loan capabilities. John<br \/>\nand Kevin were among the first non-bank buyers of bank loans and their work pre-dates the first bank<br \/>\nloan index, which began in 1992. The team began managing bank loans in a conservative style, and<br \/>\nlater expanded to include several more flexible and structured products. Michael joined the team in<br \/>\n2002, became portfolio manager on a variety of strategies in 2016 and was named portfolio manager<br \/>\non the remaining products earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The team will continue to receive considerable support from Cheryl Stober, who, as product manager,<br \/>\nhas extensive knowledge of the team\u2019s portfolios and the bank loan market, and takes a very active<br \/>\nrole in client service, prospecting and marketing. Cheryl joined Loomis Sayles in 2005, and moved to<br \/>\nthe senior loan team as a portfolio analyst in 2007. She was promoted to product manager in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loomis, Sayles &#038; Company, an affiliate of Natixis Investment<br \/>\nManagers, announced that Kevin Perry, portfolio manager on the senior loan team, will retire in<br \/>\nMarch 2019 after 17 years with the company and 37 years in the industry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":73678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1479],"tags":[1655,1651,1437,2044],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73680"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}