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Alger International Focus Fund Class A (ALGAX)
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21.18
+0.17
+0.81%
19/05 - Delayed Data. Currency in USD
- Morningstar Rating:
- Total Assets: 121.14M
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21.18
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+0.81%
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On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Alger International Focus Fund Class A. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of ALGAX among other information.
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| Name | Title | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pragna D. Shere | Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager | 2018 | Now |
| Biography | Pragna Shere, CFA is Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Alger Global Focus, Alger International Focus and Alger Emerging Markets strategies. She joined Alger in March 2018 and has 29 years of experience. Prior to joining Alger, Pragna worked at Redwood Investments where she was a portfolio manager responsible for non-U.S. equity strategies. Prior to Redwood Investments, Pragna also held senior investment positions at Ashfield Capital Partners, United Nations Joint Staff Pensions Fund, and Clay Finlay, Inc. Pragna earned her B.A. from State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York. In addition, Pragna is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute. | ||
| Gregory M. Jones | Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager | 2018 | Now |
| Biography | Greg Jones, CFA is Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Alger Global Focus, Alger International Focus and Alger Emerging Markets strategies. He joined Alger in March 2018 and has 34 years of experience. Prior to joining Alger, Gregory worked at Redwood Investments where he was a portfolio manager responsible for non-U.S. equity strategies. Previously, he was Co-CIO and Portfolio Manager at Ashfield Capital Partners. In addition, Gregory founded Jadeite Capital in 2007, formed to manage APAC, emerging markets, and global long-short equity funds. Prior, Gregory was Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Clay Finlay, Inc. Gregory earned his B.A. from Duke University, and M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. In addition, Gregory is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute. Greg also served on the board and management committees of Clay Finlay, Inc. and Ashfield Capital Partners. | ||
| Pedro V. Marcal | Director | 2013 | 2018 |
| Biography | Mr. Marcal is Director of Equities and High Yield and a Portfolio Manager at Aquila Investment Management LLC since September 2021. Mr. Marcal was Founder and Owner of Maccabee, LLC from September 2012 to September 2021. Mr. Marcal was a Director in the Equities Group and mutual fund portfolio manager at Foresters Investment Management Co. from 2018 to 2019, where he managed Foresters’ global equities mutual fund and co-managed its U.S. equity analyst and trading teams. Previously, Mr. Marcal was a mutual fund global and international portfolio manager at Fred Alger Management, Inc. from 2013 to 2018, where he managed international equity funds, and a portfolio manager at Allianz Global Investors from 1994 to 2012, where he managed global and international mutual funds. Mr. Marcal has a Bachelor of Arts in economics from University of California, San Diego and an MBA from University of California at Los Angeles Anderson School of Business. | ||
| Daniel C. Chung | CEO, CIO, Portfolio Manager | 2001 | 2013 |
| Biography | Dan Chung, CFA is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of several Alger strategies. Dan joined Alger in 1994 and has 27 years of investment experience. He was named Chief Investment Officer in September 2001, President in 2003, and CEO in 2006. Dan is also a member of The Alger Partners Plan. Throughout his tenure at Alger, he has made numerous TV appearances on Bloomberg, CNBC, and Fox Business. Dan has also been featured and quoted frequently in Barron’s, Citywire, Forbes, Investment News, Pensions & Investments, and USA Today. Prior to joining Alger, Dan was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York City in 1989 while he earned an LL.M. from New York University. He earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1987, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating, he served as law clerk for the Honorable Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, United States Supreme Court. Dan graduated from Stanford University with B.A. and B.S. degrees, with Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1984. Dan is also a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute. Dan currently serves as a board trustee and former chairman of The Nature Conservancy in the State of New York and is a Global Campaign Committee Member of The Nature Conservancy. He is also actively involved with the Stanford in New York Internship Program, and frequently contributes to and supports various charitable organizations including the Harlem Education Activities Fund (HEAF) and Target Margin Theater. | ||
| Andrew J. Silverberg | Senior Vice President | 2007 | 2012 |
| Biography | Andrew Silverberg is Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager of Alger’s Large Cap and Growth & Income portfolios. Before becoming a Portfolio Manager, Andrew was Senior Analyst and responsible for media & entertainment, internet and consumer software industries, gaming and gaming equipment, and hotels and leisure industries. He joined Alger in October 2001 and has 13 years of investment experience. His prior investment experience was at Mark Asset Management Corp. where he was a Research Analyst. Andrew graduated with a B.S. from The Scholars Program at Brooklyn College. | ||
| David Hyun | Senior Research Analyst | 2001 | 2004 |
| Biography | Mr. Hyun has over twenty-one years of investment industry experience and has research responsibilities for the Large and Mid Cap Growth teams. Prior to joining AGI Capital via a predecessor affiliate in 2009, he was a trader at Schottenfeld Group and a portfolio manager and senior research analyst at Fred Alger Management. Previously he was a portfolio manager at OppenheimerFunds. Mr. Hyun earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College. | ||
| Ronald Tartaro | Portfolio Manager | 1995 | 2001 |
| Biography | Tartaro is a portfolio manager with Fred Alger Management. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. | ||
| David D. Alger | executive vice president/director | 1997 | 2001 |
| Biography | Alger has been employed by Alger Management as executive vice president and director of research since 1971 and later president since 1995. Previously, he spent two years as a special situations analyst with Lombard, Vitalis, Paganucci & Nelson, and one year as a securities analyst with Irving Trust Company. | ||
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