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The investment seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests principally in equity securities of small-capitalization companies. The adviser considers a company to be a small-capitalization company if its market capitalization (at the time of purchase) is less than $3 billion or 120% of the market capitalization of the largest company included in the Russell 2000® Index, whichever is greater.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Robert J. Harris | Member | 2014 | Now |
Biography | Robert J. Harris is the Chief Investment Officer of the RS Value team and has co-managed the Fund since August 2020. From 2005 to 2016, he was an analyst with RS Investment Management Co. LLC, which was acquired by Victory Capital in 2016. Before joining RS Investments, he was a financial services analyst at Dresdner RCM Global Investors, LLC. Previously, he was a marketing associate for Chevron Texaco Corporation. He also spent seven years as a flight engineer in the United States Air Force. | ||
Joseph M. Mainelli | Analyst | 2013 | Now |
Biography | Joseph Mainelli is a member of the RS Value team since 2012. Joseph Mainelli is an investment analyst at RS Investments focused on the RS Value domestic equity strategies. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2007, he was an equity research analyst focusing on small- and mid-cap value investments at David J. Greene & Company for three years. Prior to that, he was an equity research analyst at the hedge funds of Sagamore Hill Capital and ING Furman Selz Asset Management. Joe holds a B.A. in anthropology from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. | ||
Daniel Lang | CIO (Chief Investment Officer) | 2014 | 2019 |
Biography | Daniel Lang is the Chief Investment Officer of the RS Value team. Daniel Lang has been a member of the RS Value Team since 2009. Daniel has been responsible for the day-to-day management of the Series since 2014. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2009, he was a portfolio manager at Farallon Capital Management covering biotech, medical device, pharmaceutical, and health care services globally. Previously, he was a senior associate at venture capital firm Brilleon Capital U.S. and the co-founder and CFO of Sapient Medical Group. Daniel’s ten years of business and investment experience is preceded by a career practicing medicine. He was a fellow in cardiology and post-doctoral research at the University of California, San Francisco, and he was board certified in internal medicine as chief medical resident at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Daniel holds a B.A. in chemistry from Cornell University and an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. | ||
Paul Hamilos | Member | 2014 | 2016 |
Biography | Paul Hamilos has been a member of the RS Value Team since 2011. Paul has been responsible for the day-to-day management of the Series since 2014. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2011, he was vice president of the Principal Transaction Group at Macquarie Group, focusing on the specialty finance industry. Previously, he was an associate at American Capital Strategies focusing on mezzanine debt financing within the financial sponsors group. Paul holds a B.S. in business administration, with a concentration in finance and banking, from the University of Missouri and an M.B.A. from the Chicago Booth School of Business. Paul is a CFA Charterholder. | ||
Byron E. Penstock | Equity Research Analyst | 2012 | 2016 |
Biography | Byron E. Penstock is an investment analyst at RS Investments focused on the RS Value domestic equity strategies. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2004, he completed an M.B.A program at Harvard Business School. Previously, he worked as an equity research analyst at MFS Investment Management, covering business equipment manufacturers, and also spent two years as a corporate attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York, advising corporate clients on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and securities offerings. In addition to his M.B.A, Byron holds a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Canada. Byron is a CFA Charterholder. | ||
Clinton I. Yara | Portfolio Manager | 2013 | 2014 |
Biography | Clinton I. Yara is an investment analyst at RS Investments focused on the RS Value domestic equity strategies. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2007, he was an equity research associate at JMP Securities for three years covering the hotel and resort sector. Previously, he was an analyst at Banc of America Securities LLC for two years in the technology investment banking group. Clinton holds a B.S. in business from Boston University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. | ||
Kenneth L. Settles | Managing Partner | 2009 | 2014 |
Biography | Kenneth L. Settles Jr. has been responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund (including its predecessor fund) since 2007. Mr. Settles has been a Managing Partner of SailingStone since the commencement of its operations in 2014. Prior to forming SailingStone, he was a member of the Hard Assets Team at RS Investment Management Co. LLC. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2006, he was a senior energy analyst at Neuberger Berman, LLC for seven years where he also co-managed the Neuberger Berman Premier Energy Portfolio. Previously, Mr. Settles spent three years at Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. where he was a financial analyst. Mr. Settles is a CFA charterholder. | ||
Mackenzie B. Davis | Managing Partner | 2006 | 2014 |
Biography | Mr. Davis has been a Managing Partner of SailingStone since the commencement of its operations in 2014. Prior to forming SailingStone, Mr. Davis was a member of the Hard Assets Team at RS Investment Management Co. LLC. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2004, Mr. Davis spent four years as a high-yield analyst at Fidelity Management & Research Company, covering technology, telecommunications, industrial, and energy issuers. Previously, he was a vice president at Fidelity Capital Markets, focusing on origination and financial engineering initiatives. He was also an analyst at Goldman Sachs & Company. Mr. Davis is a CFA charterholder. | ||
David J. Kelley | Co-Portfolio Manager | 2004 | 2013 |
Biography | David J. Kelley is an investment analyst at RS Investments focused on the RS Value domestic equity strategies. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2002, David was a small-cap analyst at Pequot Capital Management from 2001 to 2002. Previously, he had served as an analyst for three years with Crestwood Capital, an ING-affiliated hedge fund group, and spent three years as a senior analyst at Goldman Sachs & Company in the mergers and acquisitions department. David earned a B.A. in history from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. | ||
Andrew P. Pilara | Portfolio Manager | 1995 | 2013 |
Biography | Andrew P. Pilara Jr. has been a member of the RS Value and Hard Assets Teams since 1993. Prior to joining the firm in 1993, he was president of Pilara Associates, an investment management firm he established in 1974. He has been involved in the securities business for more than 30 years, with experience in portfolio management, research, trading, and sales. Andy holds a B.A. in economics from Saint Mary’s College. |
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