AGF Funds Inc. today announced that Dan Wasiolek of Driehaus Capital Management LLC is being added to the teams managing AGF Aggressive Growth Fund and AGF Aggressive Global Stock Fund.
Meighan Harahan, vp of Driehaus, will remain part of the portfolio management teams for the funds until her retirement from Driehaus effective Jan. 31, 2008.
Since joining Driehaus as a research analyst in 1998, Wasiolek has assumed increasingly responsible positions with the firm, including portfolio management responsibilities since 2004. Wasiolek collaborates with Harahan on investment research, security selection and portfolio construction.
Driehaus Chairman and CEO Richard H. Driehaus, as well as portfolio managers Jeffery James, Dan Rea and Lynette Schroeder will continue with their current portfolio management responsibilities related to the funds.
“At AGF, we have a deep commitment to building strong investment management teams to help us deliver long term continuity in performance,” said Randy Ambrosie, president of AGF Funds Inc., in a news release. “This addition of Dan to the Driehaus team managing these funds is consistent with our team-oriented portfolio management approach at AGF.”
Driehaus, established in 1982 and based in Chicago, manages portfolios for institutions and high-net-worth individuals using the earnings growth momentum approach pioneered by Richard H. Driehaus.
AGF names portfolio manager successor for two funds
Wasiolek joins teams managing AGF Aggressive Growth Fund and AGF Aggressive Global Stock Fund
- By: IE Staff
- October 29, 2007 October 29, 2007
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