Francesc Balcells - Pimco Emerging Fund Manager

PELAX Fund  USD 5.73  0.02  0.35%   
Francesc Balcells is Fund Manager at Pimco Emerging Local
Mr. Balcells is an executive vice president and portfolio manager in the Munich office. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2012, he was employed at Rogge Capital Partners where he was the head of emerging markets and worked at Harvard Management Company focusing on emerging markets local rate and currency investments. Mr. Balcells also worked at the International Monetary Fund between 2002 and 2006, during which time he spent a year at PIMCO on secondment from the Fund. He holds a masters degree in international economics and European studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He received his undergraduate degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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The fund invests at least 80 percent of its assets in currencies of, or Fixed Income Instruments denominated in the currencies of, emerging market countries and in Fixed Income Instruments, each of which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. Pimco Emerging is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. The fund is listed under Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond category and is part of PIMCO family.

Pimco Emerging Local Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Pimco Emerging's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Pimco Emerging inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Pimco. The board's role is to monitor Pimco Emerging's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Pimco Emerging's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Pimco Emerging's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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