Hedge Fund - Harris Associates

Natixis Global Asset Management is a multinational corporate and investment bank, with its headquarters in Paris, France. It is the 14th largest asset management firm in the world, with 630 billion US dollars’ worth of assets. The two largest shareholders in Natixis Global Asset Management are the Groupe Caisse d’Epargne and the Banque Populaire – their combined shares count toward in excess of 70% of the total shares. The remaining amount is listed in the Paris Stock Exchange.

Natixis Global Asset Management owns a number of investment management companies, which allows them to invest in a wide variety of markets: equities, commodities, foreign exchange, fixed-income, and consumer finance. Its current CEO is Laurent Mignon, and the current chairman of the board is François Perol. Natixis also provides financial information for the news network Euronews.

Harris Associates L.P. is an investment firm operating out of Chicago, Illinois. Its most well-known managed project is the Oakmark mutual fund. The company was founded in 1976 as R.J. Levy, Harris Inc., and then changed its name to Harris Associates in 1986. The New England Investment Cos. L.P. of Boston purchased the firm in 1995, and today Harris Associates L.P. is a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management.

Harris Associates L.P. features a spread of equities and options, which an in-house team of researchers helps them manage and update.

Notable members of Harris Associate L.P. are its Chairman and Chief Investment Officer Robert M. Levy, CFA, and its President Kristi L. Roswell, CPA.

Robert Levy received an undergraduate degree in BA from Vanderbilt University in 1972. He earned his MBA from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania in 1974, and is today a member of the Board of Overseers for the very same school. From 1977-1985, Robert Levy worked as a Portfolio Manager and Director for Gofen and Glossberg, Inc. Robert Levy joined Harris Associates in 1985.