Investment management holding company Baron Capital Group has added Alex Umansky as portfolio manager of Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund. Most recently, he was with global financial services firm Morgan Stanley as a co-manager of the Morgan Stanley Opportunity Fund for the last four years, the Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity Fund for the last two years, and of the Morgan Stanley International Opportunity Fund and Morgan Stanley International Advantage Fund the past one year.

Umansky co-managed the Morgan Stanley Information Fund from 2005-2006 and was lead manager of the Morgan Stanley Technology Fund from 2000-2003. Baron Capital is adviser to Baron Funds, which invests in growth companies in small, midsize, large and all-cap portfolios, both in the U.S. and overseas.

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