BNY Mellon Investment Funds - Newton Sustainable Real Return Fund Institutional Shares W Income

Lead fund manager biography

Philip is a global portfolio manager with a focus on sustainable investment and responsibility for the Newton Sustainable Real Return strategy. Philip works as part of the Real Return team, collaborating closely with Newton’s analysts to find investment ideas that bring a differentiated return profile to the portfolio and benefit from a strong thematic tailwind. Philip works closely with the responsible investment team on engagement with the companies we are invested in and leverages those interactions to help steer sustainable investment idea generation for the portfolio. Philip joined the Real Return team in 2008, is a CFA1 charterholder, and is a co-lead manager of the Newton Sustainable Real Return strategy. Outside of work, Phillip enjoys racing mountain bikes.

Lead fund manager biography

Matthew Brown develops and operates all portfolio management, risk management and trade execution software for MSR. He collaborates with Mr. Rulle on the development of the Quantitative Directional Trading Program, and builds all systems under the strict discipline of the firm’s philosophy regarding statistical testing and the scientific method. Mr. Brown has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He developed trading systems for fixed income arbitrage while working with Mr. Rulle at Graham Capital Management. Prior to Graham, Mr. Brown managed a fixed income arbitrage team at hedge fund Hamilton Partners, and answered to Mr. Rulle there as well. Prior to teaming up with Mr. Rulle for the first time, Mr. Brown was the Chief Trader at Banco Central Hispano, USA.