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30.59
-0.10
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- Morningstar Rating:
- Total Assets: 592.38M
VALIC Company I Growth & Income
30.59
-0.10
-0.33%
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Valic Company I Systematic Core Fund Overview
On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Valic Company I Systematic Core Fund. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of VCGAX among other information.
Investment Strategy
The investment seeks to provide long-term growth of capital through investment in common stocks. The fund seeks to achieve a higher risk-adjusted performance than the Russell 1000® Index (the “index”) over the long term through a proprietary selection process employed by the fund’s Subadviser. In order to generate additional income, the fund may lend portfolio securities to broker-dealers and other financial institutions provided that the value of the loaned securities does not exceed 30% of the fund's total assets.
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Top Executives
| Name | Title | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Alford | Managing Director | 2023 | Now |
| Biography | Andrew is a managing director in Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, serving as co-head of equity research. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1998 on the QIS equity alpha research team and became head of equity alpha research in 2000. Andrew became a senior portfolio manager in 2005, and joined the Quantitative Equity Solutions team in 2011 as head of research. He became head of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research in 2019, and assumed his current role in 2022. Andrew was named managing director in 2004. | ||
| Karhan E. Akcoglu | Vice President | 2021 | Now |
| Biography | Mr. Akcoglu is head of portfolio management for the ActiveBeta Equity Strategies business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Rules-Based Factor Investing Strategies platform. He is responsible for portfolio management, including portfolio construction and risk management of global developed and emerging market equity portfolios and custom indexes. Mr. Akcoglu has held a variety of roles within the Global Markets Division and more recently within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, focused on the development of mathematical and analytical tools across a variety of factor-based strategies. Immediately prior to joining the ActiveBeta team, Mr. Akcoglu served as Head of Strats for the ActiveBeta, Alternative Investment Strategies, and Macro Alpha businesses within Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Quantitative Investment Strategies platform, where he oversaw the development of quantitative analytical tools driving portfolio construction and risk management of long-only and long-short factor-based portfolios investing in global equities, commodities, currencies, and fixed-income instruments. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 2018, Mr. Akcoglu was head of Trading Strats for the macro Systematic Trading Strategies (STS) business within the Global Markets Division of Goldman Sachs, where he oversaw the development and risk management of rules-based index products for factor exposures across currencies, commodities, and fixed income, a role he held since 2011 initially based out of London and subsequently New York. Prior to this, Mr. Akcoglu oversaw the development of the analytics underpinning the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) and developed customized, enhanced commodity index products for exposure to commodity market factor dynamics in long-only and beta-neutral long-short formats. In this capacity, Mr. Akcoglu has previously served on the S&P GSCI Index Advisory Panel. Mr. Akcoglu originally joined Goldman Sachs in 2002 upon earning a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University and an Hon.B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Toronto. | ||
| Khalid (Kal) Ghayur | Head | 2020 | 2023 |
| Biography | Mr. Ghayur is the head of the Beta Equity Strategies business with GSAM’s Advanced Beta Strategies Platform, overseeing the team’s customized, factor-based equity portfolios. With over 29 years of industry experience, Mr. Ghayur joined GSAM as a Managing Director upon GSAM’s acquisition of Westpeak Global Advisors (“Westpeak”) in June 2014. Prior to joining GSAM, Mr. Ghayur was the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Westpeak, a pioneer in the smart beta space with their patented ActiveBeta investment methodology. Prior to joining Westpeak in 2007, Mr. Ghayur was the Director of Research Policy at MSCI in New York, where he was a member of its Global Executive Committee and Chairman of the MSCI Index Policy Committee. In that capacity, Mr. Ghayur was responsible for MSCI’s global markets and benchmarking research and new product development. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Ghayur was Global Head of Quantitative Research and Strategy for HSBC Asset Management in London, where he was responsible for the development and application of strategic and tactical asset allocation, fixed income modeling, stock selection techniques, portfolio construction and analysis, and risk management. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Ghayur was a Senior Quantitative Analyst at Credit Lyonnais Asset Management in Paris, and from 1987 to 1991, he held the position of Portfolio Manager at Union National Bank in Abu Dhabi, where he was responsible for managing the bank’s UK and US investment portfolios. Mr. Ghayur has served on the Board of Governors of the CFA Institute, the Board’s Nominating Committee, and as Chairman of the Board’s External Relations and Volunteer Involvement Committee. He is a former trustee of the CFA Institute Research Foundation. Mr. Ghayur was a member of the Editorial Board of Financial Analysts Journal and was founding President of the UK Society of Investment Professionals. Mr. Ghayur received an MBA in Finance and International Business from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, and an MA and BA in Economics from the University of Karachi. He is a CFA charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute, and a Fellow of the Society of Investment Professionals (“FSIP”). He is also a Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers Pakistan. | ||
| Ronan G. Heaney | Vice President | 2020 | 2023 |
| Biography | Mr. Heaney is the head of research for the ActiveBeta Equity Strategies business with GSAM’s Advanced Beta Strategies Platform. He is responsible for investment research activities, including improving quantitative investment models and portfolio construction methodologies and identifying and testing new model components and implementation of techniques. Mr. Heaney joined GSAM following GSAM’s acquisition of Wetpeak in June 2014. Prior to joining GSAM, Mr. Heaney was the Director of Research for Westpeak, pioneering Westpeak’s patent Methods and Systems for Building and Managing Portfolios based on Ordinal Ranks of Securities. Prior to joining Westpeak in 1998, Mr. Heaney was employed by Multum Information Services in Denver, Colorado, as a Software Architect. From 1992 to 1996, he held the position of Senior Software Developer at Swiss Bank Corporation in Chicago. Mr. Heaney received an M.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University, where he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, and a B.S. in Applied Physics from Dublin University, Ireland. | ||
| Stephen C. Platt | Vice President | 2020 | 2021 |
| Biography | Mr. Platt is a senior portfolio manager for the ActiveBeta Equity Strategies business within GSAM’s Smart Beta Strategies Platform. He is responsible for portfolio management, including portfolio construction and risk management of global developed and emerging market equity portfolios and custom indexes. Mr. Platt Joined GSAM following GSAM’s acquisition of Westpeak Global Advisors in June 2014.Prior to joining Goldman Sachs,Mr. Platt directs Westpeak’s day-to-day portfolio management activities, manages the portfolio construction process for client accounts across various strategies, and participates in Westpeak’s ongoing investment research activities. He is a member of both Westpeak’s Investment Process Committee and Investment Committee, and is Chairman of the Investment Implementation Committee. Prior to joining Westpeak in 1999, Mr. Platt was Senior Vice President of Cordillera Asset Management, in Denver, Colorado. While at Cordillera, his responsibilities included portfolio management, research, and marketing. He co-developed and implemented the quantitative investment process, and was responsible for performance attribution analysis and backtesting. He also gained experience in trading technology. From 1990 to 1992, he worked as a Senior Research/Marketing Associate at Vogelzang & Associates, in Denver. Mr. Platt received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado and is a CFA charterholder. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the Denver Society of Security Analysts. | ||
| Timothy Snyder | Executive Director | 2013 | 2020 |
| Biography | Tim Snyder, executive director of J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., is a portfolio manager on the U.S. Disciplined Equity Team. An employee since 2003, his responsibilities include managing Research Enhanced Index (REI) strategies. Tim joined the portfolio management team in 2004 as an analyst and worked on the daily implementation and maintenance of the REI and Analyst Fund portfolios. He holds a B.S. in finance and economics from the University of Delaware and is a holder of the CFA and CMT designations. | ||
| Raffaele Zingone | Managing Director | 2013 | 2020 |
| Biography | Ralph Zingone, Managing Director, is a portfolio manager on the U.S. Disciplined Equity Team. An employee since 1991, Ralph is responsible for the Research Enhanced Index (REI) strategies. Prior to this role, he was a research analyst following the aerospace, environmental, and diversified manufacturing sectors. Upon joining the firm, he was a quantitative equity analyst and later served as a U.S. Equity portfolio manager in London and New York. Ralph received his B.A. in mathematics and economics from the College of the Holy Cross and his M.B.A. in finance from New York University. | ||
| Jay Merchant | Vice President | 2013 | 2013 |
| Biography | Mr. Merchant joined SunAmerica in July 2007 as a vice president and senior research analyst specializing in Global Resources (Energy and Materials) companies. He has 14 years of investment experience focusing primarily on the Energy, Materials, and Technology sectors. Prior to joining SunAmerica, Mr. Merchant was a research analyst at Swergold Capital, a long/short technology hedge fund. Prior to that, he held equity research positions at C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and Citigroup Asset Management, covering the Technology and Global Telecommunications sectors, respectively. Mr. Merchant received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He holds the CFA Charter designation and is a current member of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA). | ||
| Janet Walsh | Senior Vice President | 2011 | 2013 |
| Biography | Janet Walsh joined SAAMCo in September 2011 as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager and co-heads the SAAMCo Large Cap Equity Team. Ms. Walsh has over 15 years of investment experience with extensive expertise in the technology and telecom sectors. Prior to joining SAAMCo, she was Alliance Capital's lead portfolio manager for global technology investments. She joined Alliance Capital in 1996 as an equity research analyst, covering the U.S. semiconductor, semiconductor capital equipment, and computer services sectors. Since September 1997, Ms. Walsh has been the Technology sector head for Global Research Growth. In September of 2003, Ms. Walsh became lead portfolio manager of the AllianceBernstein Global Technology Fund and the ACM International Technology Fund. She also manages additional technology assets for institutional clients. Prior to joining Alliance, she worked in the not-for-profit sector for 10 years. She served as the Executive Director of the Ellis L. Phillips Foundation, overseeing the foundation's philanthropic and investment activities, for two years. Previously, she worked in development for The Computer Museum for four years and the University of Miami for four years. | ||
| Steven Neimeth | Senior Vice President | 2004 | 2013 |
| Biography | Mr. Neimeth is a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at SunAmerica. Prior to joining SunAmerica in April 2004, Mr. Neimeth was the portfolio manager of the Neuberger Berman Large-Cap Value fund, and between 1997 and 2002, he was a portfolio manager and research analyst at Bear Sterns Asset Management. Mr. Neimeth holds a Bachelor of Arts from Hobart & William Smith Colleges and a Masters of Business Administration from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. | ||
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