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| Domicile | Ireland | | Legal Structure | Open Ended Investment Company | | UCITS | Yes | | Inception Date | 03/09/2014 |  | | Fund Advisor(s) | | ARGA Investment Management, LP |
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| Fund Manager | A. Rama Krishna | | Manager Start Date | 03/09/2014 |
| Education | | 1984, St. Stephen's College, The University of Delhi, B.A. | | 1987, University of Michigan, M.B.A. |
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| Biography |
| Mr. Krishna has over 25 years’ experience in managing global equities. Before founding ARGA in 2010, Mr. Krishna was President, International of Pzena Investment Management (NYSE: PZN) and Managing Principal, Member of Executive Committee, and Portfolio Manager of its operating company in New York. While at Pzena from 2003 to 2010, he led development of the International Value and Global Value strategies, co-managed the Emerging Markets Value strategy, and managed the US Large Cap Value strategy. Mr. Krishna was previously at Citigroup Asset Management, where he was Chief Investment Officer and Head of Institutional and International. He also represented the asset management business on the Citigroup Management Committee and directly managed the Global Emerging Markets Equity strategy. Before that, Mr. Krishna was Director of International Equity Research, Portfolio Manager, International Equities and Chief Investment Officer, Emerging Markets Equities at AllianceBernstein in New York, London and Tokyo. Earlier, he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, Tokyo and Singapore, first as Equity Research Analyst and later as Chief Investment Strategist and Director - Equity Research. Mr. Krishna earned a joint M.B.A./M.A. in Asian Studies with a Japan Specialization from the University of Michigan in 1987 and a B.A. (Honors) in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, The University of Delhi in 1984. He received University of Michigan’s Prize Fellowship in Japanese Business and University Fellowship, and Middlebury College Scholarship. He was on the MSCI Editorial Advisory Board and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. |
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| Fund Manager | Takashi Ito | | Manager Start Date | 03/09/2014 |
| Education | | 1993, Sophia University, B.A. |
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| Before joining ARGA in 2012, Mr. Ito was Director of Business Development at Vestec, a Canadian voice-recognition company. At Vestec from 2011 to 2012, he founded Highview Research, an advisor to the Silverstone Fund, a global long-short, market-neutral fund focused on the Automotive sector. Working for the Silverstone Fund in Tokyo from 2004 to 2011, Mr. Ito was responsible for Asian and Japanese investments, and designed processes for risk control and position sizing. The Silverstone Fund was nominated for Best Global Equity Fund award in 2008 by London’s Eurohedge. Previously at UBS Global Asset Management and Citigroup Asset Management, Mr. Ito covered global and Japanese consumer durable and capital goods companies. Mr. Ito graduated from Sophia University, Toyko, with a degree in International Economics in 1993 and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. |
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| Fund Manager | P. Sujith Kumar | | Manager Start Date | 01/07/2016 | | Career Start Year | 2009 |
| Education | | 2007, National Institute of Technology, Calicut India, B.Tech | | 2009, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow, M.B.A. |
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| Before joining ARGA in 2010, Mr. Kumar was Analyst at ICRA Ltd., a credit rating agency in India. At ICRA, he worked with the corporate ratings division, handling credit rating assignments across multiple industries including Auto Ancillaries, Hotels and Textiles. Mr. Kumar earned an M.B.A from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow, in 2009. At IIM, he was Fund Manager at Credence Capital, a student-run fund of IIM that invested in Indian equity markets, and received the Apeejay Trust Scholarship for academic excellence. He received a B. Tech. in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, in 2007. |
