STATE STREET RESEARCH NAMES ELEANOR MARSH INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO MANAGER
BOSTON, Mass., December 19, 2001 - State Street Research & Management
Company today announced that Eleanor H. Marsh, vice president, has been
named lead portfolio manager for the international equity team responsible
for the State Street Research Concentrated International Fund, State Street
Research International Equity Fund and the firm's international
institutional portfolios.
A 13-year veteran of the investment industry, Ms.Marsh has served as a member
of the International Equity portfolio management team for nearly two years as
an associate portfolio manager. "Eleanor has been a highly valued member of
the international equity team and I am confident that her experience and
expertise will provide superior investment results for our clients and
shareholders," said Jim Weiss, chief investment officer-equities, State
Street Research & Management Company.
Ms. Marsh joined State Street Research from Evergreen Investment Management
where she served as a co-portfolio manager for 2 international growth funds
and as an international equity analyst. Previously, she was a Senior
Analyst at S.G. Warburg Securities in Tokyo.Ms. Marsh holds as M.A. from
Stanford University and a B.A from Yale University.
State Street Research & Management Company offers institutional, mutual fund
and private client markets a range of international equity products.
State Street Research & Management Company, with a money management history
dating back to 1924, is one of the nation's first investment management
organizations. The Boston-based firm is a subsidiary of MetLife, one of the
world's largest financial services companies. As of November 30, 2001, State
Street Research managed $46.0 billion in assets, of which $28.5 billion
represented institutional clients and $17.5 billion represented mutual fund
and variable annuity portfolios. The firm has managed money for many of the
largest U.S. corporate pension plans for over 30 years. State Street
Research also manages individually managed accounts for affluent investors,
and mutual funds for over 576,000 shareholder accounts. The firm's Web site
address is www.ssrfunds.com.
