Aziz Hamzaogullari is the Chief Investment Officer and founder of the Growth Equity Strategies team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He is the portfolio manager of the Loomis Sayles Large Cap Growth, All Cap Growth, Global Growth, and International Growth long-only strategies as well as the Long/Short Growth Equity Strategy.
Mr. Hamzaogullari is also an Executive Vice President and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. He joined Loomis Sayles in 2010 from Evergreen Investments, where he was a senior portfolio manager and managing director. Mr. Hamzaogullari joined Evergreen in 2001 and was promoted to director of research in 2003 and portfolio manager in 2006. He was head of Evergreen’s Berkeley Street Growth Equity team and founded the team’s research and investment process. Prior to Evergreen, he served as a senior equity analyst and portfolio manager at Manning & Napier Advisors.
Mr. Hamzaogullari has over 25 years of investment industry experience. He holds a BS from Bilkent University, Turkey, and an MBA from George Washington University. He is also a CFA® charterholder.
Funds managed
Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund
Ticker
LSGGX
High-conviction world stock fund run by Aziz Hamzaogullari. Focuses only on companies believed to have long-term secular growth and sustainable business models.
Total net assets
$103.38 million
as of 11/01/2024
Morningstar category
Global Large-Stock Growth
Loomis Sayles Growth Fund
Ticker
LSGRX
High-conviction US stock fund run by Aziz Hamzaogullari. Focuses only on companies believed to have long-term secular growth and sustainable business models.
Total net assets
$14.86 billion
as of 11/01/2024
Morningstar category
Large Growth
Loomis Sayles International Growth Fund
Ticker
LIGYX
High conviction international stock fund run by Aziz Hamzaogullari and his growth equity team. Focuses only on high-quality companies believed to have long-term secular growth and sustainable business models that are trading at a significant discount to intrinsic value.
Total net assets
$46.43 million
as of 11/01/2024
Morningstar category
Foreign Large Growth
Natixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF
Ticker
LSGR
High-conviction US stock ETF run by Aziz Hamzaogullari. Focuses on companies believed to have sustainable competitive advantages, difficult-to-replicate business models, and sustainable and profitable growth when they trade at a significant discount to intrinsic value.
Total net assets
$278.12 million
as of 11/01/2024
Morningstar category
Large Growth
Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund
Ticker
NESYX
Actively managed core US equity fund that combines the expertise of Bill Nygren of Harris Associates and Aziz Hamzaogullari of Loomis Sayles.
Total net assets
$1.09 billion
as of 11/01/2024
Morningstar category
Large Blend
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