Episode 2
How Can Competitive Advantages Help Companies Manage Through Times of Uncertainty?
In this session, Richard puts FAs’ questions to Jensen Investment Portfolio Managers Eric Schoenstein and Allen Bond. Topics covered include:
- Which industries and companies are well-positioned in the current environment
- Consumer behavior changes in 2023 and what impact they might that have on the companies in the Growth Portfolio
- What trends may be the most potentially impactful in healthcare right now.
Meet Your Host
Richard Clark
Richard leads Jensen’s business development across the advisor and intermediary channels.
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Meet the Portfolio Managers
Eric Schoenstein
Eric joined Jensen Investment Management in 2002 and currently serves as the chief investment officer, with primary responsibility for portfolio management and strategy across all of Jensen’s products. Eric spent nearly fourteen years with Arthur Andersen LLP as a senior audit manager, providing a wide variety of services to clients of all sizes in both the public and private sectors. He earned a BS in business administration with a focus in accounting from Oregon State University. Eric serves as a trustee for the Oregon State University Foundation Board of Trustees and is currently the board chair. He is also a past president of the Oregon State University Alumni Association. He serves as a director for the Western Golf Association, which administers and oversees the Evans Scholars Foundation. He currently serves as treasurer on the Executive Committee for the Oregon Golf Association, which he previously served as president.
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Allen Bond
Allen joined Jensen Investment Management in 2007. Allen is responsible for coordinating fundamental research conducted across the investment teams. Additionally, he maintains his portfolio management and analyst responsibilities. Allen joined Jensen from Washington Mutual, where he held the position of credit analyst. In that role, Allen performed fundamental analysis on investment-grade corporate bond issuers. Prior to Washington Mutual, he was a high-yield credit analyst and trader for Columbia Management Group. Allen began his career as a trader at Ferguson Wellman Capital Management. He earned a BS in business and an MBA from the University of Oregon. He is a CFA charterholder. Allen is a past president of CFA Society Portland.
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