Daniel J. Fuss, CFA, CIC

Dan Fuss has 50 years of experience in the investment management industry and has been with Loomis, Sayles & Company since 1976. He is vice chairman of the firm and manages numerous institutional accounts for the fixed income group. Dan also manages a variety of mutual funds including the flagship Loomis Sayles Bond Fund. In 2000, he was named to the Fixed Income Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions and lifetime achievements in the advancement of the analysis of fixed income securities and portfolios. He is past president of the Boston Security Analysts Society. Dan earned a BS and an MBA from Marquette University. He served in the US Navy from 1955 to 1958 and held the rank of Lieutenant.

Mr. Xu is chief representative, China of the Economist Group and director of advisory services for the Economist Corporate Network (ECN), responsible for program and development and services for China. He also provides research and analysis on China for ECN programs across Asia and its corporate client network. Separately, he is also an independent non-executive director of Hunan Valin, a large steel company which recently invested in the Australian resources conglomerate, FMG.

 

Previously, Mr. Xu was the head of economics, based in Hong Kong, for ICBC (Asia), the international flagship of China's largest bank. Prior to that, he was the regional treasury economist for Standard Chartered Bank followed by chief economist for Asia (ex-Japan) for Societe Generale. He began his career as an economist for Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand for MMS International of Standard and Poor's Group, based in Singapore in 1995.

 

He has been a columnist for Caijing and 21st Century, China's leading business publications and contributes frequently to leading regional and international publications, such as the Asian Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. He appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg, and other news networks, and also delivers numerous talks to corporate audiences, institutional investors, and boards interested in understanding China's rapidly changing economy. He also lectures frequently to leading educational institutions in China such as Tsinghua and Shanghai Jiaotong Universities. Mr. Xu holds a BA in economics from Peking University, an MA in economics from the University of Connecticut, and a MS in finance from Boston College.