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Products February 7, 2011
Turner Brings Out Three Long/Short Funds
The Turner Funds is introducing three alternative, or long/short, stock mutual funds.
Reported by PLANADVISER staff
The funds seek to capitalize on rising stocks in their long positions and on declining stocks in their short positions, the company reports. The three funds include:
- Turner Market Neutral Fund, managed by Matthew Glaser, contains a balance of long and short investments in different stocks across all major market sectors. The fund has Institutional Class shares (ticker symbol: TMNEX), Investor Class shares (ticker symbol: TMNFX), and Class C shares (ticker symbol: TMNCX). Glaser, chief of investment strategies and executive managing director, joined Turner in 2007. He previously worked for Susquehanna International Group.
- Turner Medical Sciences Long/Short Fund, managed by Vijay Shankaran, is a diversified fund of long and short investments in health-care companies of all market capitalizations. The fund offers Institutional Class shares (ticker symbol: TMSEX), Investor Class shares (ticker symbol: TMSFX), and Class C shares (ticker symbol: TMSCX). Shankaran, who is a medical doctor and holds a doctorate in immunology, is a senior portfolio manager/global security analyst. He came to Turner in 2006 from Caxton Associates.
- Turner Titan Fund, managed by Christopher Baggini, is a global, diversified fund of long and short investments in all major market sectors, with a focus on large cap-stocks. The fund offers Institutional Class shares (ticker symbol: TTLEX), Investor Class shares (ticker symbol: TTLFX), and Class C shares (ticker symbol: TTLCX). Baggini, senior portfolio manager/global security analyst has been with Turner since June of 2010.
The minimum initial investment is $100,000 for Institutional Class shares and $2,500 for Investor Class and Class C shares. For Individual Retirement Accounts, the minimum initial investment is $100,000 for Institutional Class shares and $2,000 for Investor Class and Class C shares.
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